Hair Loss

Hi can anyone help??

about 6 months ago we had to leave our staff of 12 months then in kennels for a fortnight while we where away on holiday. When we returned to collect him he had lost lots of weight and lost lots of fur on his chest, stomach and behind the ears.

The kennel staff told us he was very stressed for the two weeks we was away.

we thought he would have grown his hair back by now but he still has a very bare chest which looks sore at times, his collar for example rubs after a walk.



Moved post to Staffy Health Issues

I have moved post to health issues as it may be overlooked in the intro section.

Sorry I cannot help with your problem, not too sure what has happened to your image.

Had the kennel applied anything to the chest area that was sore ??

Sorry about image dont know what happened there either..
no the kennel have not put anything on his chest.
he has been checked over by the vet for dermadex mite and found nothing.

thanks

Is the area of hair loss around maybe where the collar would be? Do you use a harness?

Logan lost some hair around where his harness was but after a break from it it all grew back. I commented on a post a few days back about something similar. I'll copy it in...

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The only thing I would suggest that maybe you could ask your vet is Malassezia. The reason I say this is because a few weeks, maybe a month or so Logan was getting VERY itchy around his ears and sides of his head. He was also licking his feet uncontrollably, until he actually got so much hair on his tongue/throat he was choke!

I brought him to the vet initially about the licking thing months and months ago and they said it wasn't to do with health and it was behaviour. I thought this was a bit odd and didn't totally trust it. So I brought him back to the vets to speak to the vet I always speak to.

He took a swob of his skin, in his ear etc. He told me that Malassezia has been common in Staffies for him. It is a yeast infection where the yeast that exists naturally takes advantage of the host (Logan) and makes him itchy etc. He phoned me later that night to say that he has found Malassezia under the microscope in it's early stage and it is very easy to treat at this stage. However, he said if I hadn't dealt with it he could have experienced hair loss etc.

He gave me a medicine to give him for 7-10 days and it totally went away. Even his paw licking

Maybe you could ask this. I'm not sure if it will help, but I hope it does

I would say that the hair loss was through anxiety. However I'd have thought it would have grown back by now.

Do you add any supplements to your dog's food?

Caryll wrote:I would say that the hair loss was through anxiety. However I'd have thought it would have grown back by now.

Do you add any supplements to your dog's food?

Hi, yes i also think its due to anxiety and also thought it would have grown back by now.
Dont really use any supplements in his food, tried different types of dry food but no change. any ideas??

sonnym wrote:

Caryll wrote:I would say that the hair loss was through anxiety. However I'd have thought it would have grown back by now.

Do you add any supplements to your dog's food?

Hi, yes i also think its due to anxiety and also thought it would have grown back by now.
Dont really use any supplements in his food, tried different types of dry food but no change. any ideas??

What do you feed right now? The supplements I add into Zeus's food to help his skin/hair are:

1) Salmon oil - teaspoon in one feed a day
2) Raw egg (mashed up with shell) - 2/3 times a week
3) Apple Cider Vinegar - teaspoon in one feed a day

All the above are good, plus Yumega Plus is pretty good for coat growth & itchiness...

http://www.lintbells.com/online-store/2/yumega-plus-250ml