Grizzysmom
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I have a 11 month old Neapolitan mastiff and he has been having skin issues for about 6 months. He has bumps that started appearing on his skin, mostly concentrated on his back. They are swollen up bumps that have a pus head on them and as they got worse he started losing his hair in those areas causing his coat to look spotted((some one even commented how they had never seen a dappled mastiff before )) I have been back and forth to the vet and done tons of research online and nothing I have tried has helped. The vet thought it was skin mites so he’s done 2 skin scrapings and said no mites so then we started on antibiotics saying it was a bacterial skin infection. He’s been on 2 long cycles (30 days each) of antibiotics and yes it does help a lot but once he comes off the antibiotics the sores are back within a couple day!!! He is now on apoquel (anti inflammatory) everyday and it seems to keep the problem under control but it is not healed completely I can still feel bumps on his skin when I pet him and if I mess with those spots he acts like they hurt but doesn’t itch them.. and I feel like this medicine isn’t really curing the problem it’s just keeping it abay. I head back to the vet again next week... so I’m pretty much looking for any advise from anybody who has dealt with this?? I have also thought maybe it could be his food so I have changed that 3 different times. I started him on Blue Buffalo large breed puppy then to Diamond naturals large breed pup and now he is on Nutro Ultra large breed pup. I saw another thread on here today about someone’s dog being allergic to chicken? And I think every food I’ve tried has chicken, so maybe I’ll try changing again. Suggestions please!!!... thank you in advance for any info you can provide me I just want my Grizzly to be healthy!!