Hello staffie mad friends!!

Hi guys, my name is Zoe and I live in North Wales with my hubby, son and 6 dogs (1 greyhound, 3 lurchers, collie cross and Coco my staffie).
Seeing as this is a staffie forum I'll just talk about Coco. She's a rescue. My hubby and I work in dog rescue and she was in the pound waiting to be put to sleep We had gone to save 4 other dogs and saw her in the corner of a kennel looking really sad. She had a terrible skin condition and fur loss and covered in pustules. She had 2 hours to go before PTS! So we decided as she looked so bad, we would keep her...she couldn't possib;y be rehomed....at least that's what we decided because we fell in love with her before we returned home!!
She still has this awful skin although it is getting better in that we've been able to hold off the steroid antibiotic cycle for 3 months now!
I know a lot of staffies have skin probs, so I'm hoping for your help and experience on here from people who are in the know.
I've never had a staffie before (well Coco's a cross but more staff than anything!) and I have to say she is THE most beautiful soul I have ever had the pleasure to meet! Despite her major baldness....I think she's stunning!
Look forward to chatting to you all on here xxx

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Hi Zoe and Coco and welcome from Rocky and me. Rocky is also a rescue and Staffy cross. Good on the rescue. I am sure someone here will be able to help/advise you with the skin problem, sorry I have not personally come across it yet with Rocky. Good luck with Coco sure she will turn out to be a wonderful companion.

Welcome! Good job rescuing Coco. I do not have any experience with this sort of skin disorder myself, but a friend of mine (who introduced me to the breed) rescued one with horrible skin (demodex, cysts etc). It eventually cleared up and has not returned and it has been about 10 years. It does take a while (I think they told me it was almost a year before it was all clear).

Thanks for you replies! Here's a photo of all my brood. All rescues except Otis!

Fatastic on rescuing what an amazing pack you have

What a great photo of your gang!

Aw thankyou guys! I love them to bits! They've all been mistreated at some point in their lives...so sad. But now they're spoiled rotten!! I just love the way Coco is stood in the middle like she's holding court with her minions!!!

Hiya and welcome to the forum Great job on all the rescues What lovely doggies you've got,Aww that's a great picture

Hello and welcome from me and Billy lovely pics and well done

Hi & welcome

Hi and welcome from me, Millie and Bella. Lovely pic of them all

welcomr

Thanks for the warm welcome folks.

hia from me and sasha and well done you on all your rescues's,must be very rewarding

Hi and welcome from us and Suki. Great pic of your dogs

Fantastic job , makes me remeber how rewarding it was for us (2 dogs and 2 cats through our lives though Tilly was bought ) I don't think there is anything in the world could ever be more rewarding than to pull an animal from a miserable life (or worse) and see them happy ><

Thanks again everyone! It certainly is rewarding. I've always got difficult to home dogs. Jenny and Danny were in kennels for ages...no one wanted them. Jenny was terribly abused which affected her so badly. She was beaten and starved and was very close to death. She had 3 homes before us and she was only 2 when we got her. Now she is a picture of health and happy. It was hard work but oh so worth it. Guinness is a big boy and no one wanted him as he was too big....perfect for me. Poppy was also difficult to home. And my little Coco's skin condition meant that everyone thought she was ugly!! I fell in love with her because she had little fur and was covered in pus filled spots!! She is a sweet and beautiful girl and very loving.
The only one of mine not to have been dumped or mistreated is Otis. He is my collie Bess's (RIP) pup. He's a babe!

That's a brilliant pic, and Coco in the middle as if he owns the lot lol

Welcome aboard, I'm a newbie too, just down in South Wales : )

Thankyou everyone.
Hi Maria! Pleased to meet another newbie from Wales!! xx

Welcome to the forum from me and my girls Kita & Izzy
Brilliant pic of all your gorgeous dogalogs, but what sad things they have had to endure. So glad they now have such a loving home to grow old in.

Hello and welcome to the forum from me and Tinkerbell. What a great job you have done on rescuing so many dogs. Love the picture of your gang.

We are also from Wales, and are down in Swansea. Great to see some more welsh folk joining the forum!

hi and welcome... that was a terrific photo of all your lucky dogs..lucky in that you have given them all a wonderful loving home..good on you!!