Yeasty smell, fur falling out around neck/shoulders/toes bleeding

[Terstaff]

What brand of dry food are you now using?

 

[2nd Chance]

Im using grain free. chicken All Natural dried food, twice daily, plus raw meaty bones.
Plus:
weekly maleseb bath/soak for 10 mins/rinse.
weekly spray of Apple cider vinegar to affected areas
Apple cider vinegar in drinking water.

Then hosing him off after swimming and towel drying feet (worse area)

 

[TN Dogues]

Our Hanna had the yeast smell, bald patches, yeast infection in ears. We eliminated grains (corn and wheat), and chicken from dry diet. So we now feed a lamb & rice. We did the malaseb baths - but found out the 'active ingredient' is the same one found in Vagisil/Monostat 7. You can add about a spoonful to any gentle shampoo. Works equally well and costs WAY less. NOTE: It can take up to several MONTHS before the dog's coat & smell recovers - think of it like this: their intestines are inflamed and need time to heal. It is similar to Celiac disease in humans. After 6 months on the grain free food, Hanna no longer needed the special baths. Now we don't bathe except once every 6 months (unless they roll in something stinky ). Neither of our DDBs have a smell - unlike our friend's bulldogs who REEK of wet dog STANK constantly. Of course they are fed regular corn based dog food. Just my 02 cents.

 

[2nd Chance]

thanks TNdogues.
especially for the low costing maleseb equivalent! coz maleseb on a large dog is a lot of product/cost.

I hadnt realised it can take that long, but likening it to celiac's, this makes sense.
Ive been thinking what i am doing is only partially working, as the bald patches seem very slow to heal over.
Perseverance i guess.

 

[2nd Chance]

Brian's fur has now grown back. HIs coat is shining. Smell is feint, almost gone, but i can smell it. others in family cant.
So we'll keep up persevering.

 

[Hank DDB]

Glad u got it sorted.

 

[2nd Chance]

OMG! Vagisil!
just bought some, went to chemist, couldnt find it, casually just asked the young assistant for it, then find it some product for kipper fanny syndrome!
Mortified, but can now mix 1 desert spoon full, to a bottle of shampoo
he's gonna smell like a girl, if it kills me.

 

[loriann]

We adopted a Douge last year in terrible condition. Yeast, scratching, etc. Someone told me about Nzymes granuals. We started him on it 10 mos ago and have had no problems since. Lots of good info on their website. NZYMES.COM: Official Site! Natural Supplements for Pets and People

 

[loriann]

Sorry, just realized I misspelled Dogue. My boy Remmy would get on me. We also have a 10 yr old Chi/Pom mix with terrible allergies in the winter and his cleared up with the Nzymes. Just sprinkled over the food daily.

 

[Mooshi's Mummy]

Another product you may consider is Neem. My 'other' dog is an Akita and has recently suffered with terrible itchy feet, elbows and belly. I bought some Neem shampoo (all natural) on line and one bath later he is a new dog! I should think this combined with the ACV could be another good way to go.

 

[Hank DDB]

I'm a little curious have u fixed the problem. My guess is no? If u need advise I've been through this with Hank and can lend some sound advice, happy tro help stop your babies suffering

 

[DMikeM]

I fixed it on Duncan. One bath with dawn dish soap and an ACV rinse and it is gone.

 

[Hank DDB]

I fixed it on Duncan. One bath with dawn dish soap and an ACV rinse and it is gone.

Hey mike what is ACV ? Oh is it apple cider vinegar?

 

[DMikeM]

Yes apple cider vinegar, Dozer is getting one of these soon too. He is obsessing at licking his feet and front legs. He doesn't smell but I think it will clean up whatever he is after.

Hey mike what is ACV ? Oh is it apple cider vinegar?

 

[2nd Chance]

I'm a little curious have u fixed the problem. My guess is no? If u need advise I've been through this with Hank and can lend some sound advice, happy tro help stop your babies suffering

Thankyou Hank. Some success. We changed him to grain free food. Use ACV in water supply. And what we have is; fur has regrown over bald patches, not itching at all. Glossy coat. No yeasty smell.
5 weeks ago, we desexed him at 18 months of age. That has now reduced the all round funky entire male smell.
He doesnt smell of yeast, even in ears.
Ive noticed however, that if he manages to pull off the 'standover' tacticts and gets to eat other dogs food with grains, his hair will start falling out. He does appear to be quite sensitive to wheat. I understand that wheat allergy is on a continuum.

Is there anything you can suggest, that would add more fur. He's been on grain free for past 5 months. Not sure how long it takes to rid the dog of yeast infections, or if its something that never goes, and lays dormant, triggered again by contact with trigger foods?

And i cant fatten him up!
Partly coz im already over feeding, and still he's lean, partly coz he lives with 2 working dogs, and keeps up with them, and they have a lot of land and lake to play in. He's rather active now, like his level of stamina is much stronger than when we fist got him. He was undernourished then and anemic. All good now. But lean.

 

[Hector]

Thankyou Hank. Some success. We changed him to grain free food. Use ACV in water supply. And what we have is; fur has regrown over bald patches, not itching at all. Glossy coat. No yeasty smell.
5 weeks ago, we desexed him at 18 months of age. That has now reduced the all round funky entire male smell.
He doesnt smell of yeast, even in ears.
Ive noticed however, that if he manages to pull off the 'standover' tacticts and gets to eat other dogs food with grains, his hair will start falling out. He does appear to be quite sensitive to wheat. I understand that wheat allergy is on a continuum.

Is there anything you can suggest, that would add more fur. He's been on grain free for past 5 months. Not sure how long it takes to rid the dog of yeast infections, or if its something that never goes, and lays dormant, triggered again by contact with trigger foods?

And i cant fatten him up!
Partly coz im already over feeding, and still he's lean, partly coz he lives with 2 working dogs, and keeps up with them, and they have a lot of land and lake to play in. He's rather active now, like his level of stamina is much stronger than when we fist got him. He was undernourished then and anemic. All good now. But lean.

Glad to hear everything is going well! I would avoid anything that will trigger outbreaks. I have an old female with bad yeast (most of her life). She's doing great with a switch to raw food and real meat treats and a medicated shampoo. No smell, great coat without being overly greasy. If I feed her pizza crusts or kibble - she will start to itch and smell.

 

[2nd Chance]

yes, i was hoping he'd be able to eat pizza crusts still. He cant.
his first sign, is dramatic sudden shedding.
generally within a day of eating something outside of his diet.

His diet is grain free kibble 50%, 50% raw. Daily meat bones, oily fish, egg, offal, scraps that dont have wheat.
The other 2 dogs diet is raw, and when we are camping, they eat kibble as i find it easier to take than raw. He's just recently tucked into that whilst away, so shedding at moment. But back home on a feed line. Just to ensure other dogs have cleaned up after themselves. Then he can go free again. He likes going on his feeding lead. Anticipates what's coming, and legs it to the position and sits, before i get there. Unfortunately, from here on in, it gets very wet as the slobber comes fast n furious. A head shake at this point for a shake off, and you and the dining table and gonna get covered.

Its a double edge sword owning these dogs.