Saturday, April 24, 2010

My dog has skin rash & has a body smell & recently keeps peeing indoors?

She is a bull mastiff, she approximately 3 yrs since we rescued her 4 months ago, she was house trained. She has had a rash that comes %26amp; goes mainly on her belly area. We have done 2 courses of anti biotics and special shampoo but nothing seems to clear it. She smells we wash her and 2 days later she smells again, its a body smell not her breathe. She stratches alot, the vet didnt think she had mange, just an infections but why are they not going away and recently she has started to pee indoors, we keep her in the back porch for sleeping but she keeps peeing in the utility room, she doesnt have the run of the house, only when we allow her in. I've tried teatree spray and emu oil as alternative but this didnt work either, just wish i could get rid of her smell and stop her stratching, wondered is the peeing is to do with it?|||Unless you're very happy there and have been there for years, I'd change your vet. Quite a lot of vets aren't set up for testing for "atopy" (which is a fancy word for specific allergies). Phone around and find one who is and see what they say.





As for the weeing in the house, again, check her health first as she may have a urine infection or kidney trouble. If that comes back ok and it's a training issue, the make it easier on yourself first and make sure she's had enough water during the day (you could even add half a glass of milk to a couple of mugs of water at lunch time if you didn't think she was drinking enough to do the next bit ...) then after 7pm take the water up and give her some ice cubes instead. You can give them to her a couple at a time through the evening (about 10 should be more than enough for a mastiff) and then a couple in her bowl in the porch for over night. She can then have a full bowl of water in the morning so shouldn't have a problem with not having free access. This will empty her bladder so there's less in there that needs peeing out!!





From there it's just basics really. Praise when she does it outside, use a command like (be a good girl, or whatever) WHILE she's having a pee for several weeks to associate the words with the action and pretty soon she'll be peeing on command, especially if she's treated as soon as she's finished. Good luck with that, but definitely see a skin specialist vet for the other thing.|||have her kidneys checked|||Maybe she has food allergies - talk to the vet about it.





Not sure if the peeing is related or not...could be a seperate issue!!|||It could be a type of mite,the vet should have taken a sample for testing and one from her ears as well.Some mites infest the nasal passages and a lot of vets miss them because they are not very common.|||Did she always smell? Shar pei's have a "smell" and ist just a shar pei smell. I know, i have one. She is actaully prone to rash's but doesnt go to the bathroom in the house. It could aslo be a flea allergy. Some animals have allergies to fleas and will refuse to go where the fleas are. That could be why she isnt going to the bathroom outside. Check you yard and check her skin. If nothing, she may have dry skin. Try keeping moisture in her skin if it seems rough and flaky.|||we had a dog that done exactly the same thing and when we took her to the vets he said she is allergic to flea bites even one bite can make her skin go all scabby and smell because of the infection that came from it , a shampoo called Dr johns medicated shampoo cleared it up and stopped her from smelling.|||this isnt probably the right pace to be asking this question i would be talking to your vet again and tell him you want test run on her to find out exactley what this is he obviousley wasnt right with the first diagnosis and she is still suffering get her back or change your vets hope she gets better soon|||If it is just a skin thing then it could be a fungal infection. Have you tried Malaseb shampoo. Could be that you've already had - I use it on my shih tzu - but there are times when it's really bad that I have to bath her in it 3 times a week. Once you have it under control, it will probably only be once a week. Try Stronghold flea treatment which kills off fleas, ticks and mites too. Available from vet. Probably the weeing is not to do with it and you must persevere with putting her out every hour or so.

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