Extra/baggy skin!

I tried googling this, but it didnt really come up with what I wanted so I thought I'd ask here!

Does anyone's dogs here have a lot of extra skin?? It doesn't hang off her or anything like that but you can literally stretch skin from anywhere - even on top of her head she's always had extra skin on her neck what you can see, but it doesn't really bother me at all I just wanted to know if it's normal for a youngish dog? she's still under 12 months - I'm not sure how much as the vet estimated her age as she's a rescue

Ive just tested this on alf and you can definitely pinch an inch!

EllieSmith wrote:Ive just tested this on alf and you can definitely pinch an inch!

thanks for testing Ellie! They're both around the same age-ish too!

Yeah he only turned one the other week. Id never noticed this before lol!

Some dogs will have more excess wrinkley skin than others.

Logan was an especially wrinkley baby lol...

Awwwww that's seriously cute Mat! and look at him now! I like her extra skin though I must admit makes her even cuddlier

Happy late birthday too Alfie

MatLogan wrote:Some dogs will have more excess wrinkley skin than others.

Logan was an especially wrinkley baby lol...

Oh I just love Logan, he's absolutely gorgeous.
Yep can grab handfuls of excess skin on bulley, makes him extra cuddly though

Owww mat thats adorable!

Thanks ladies

No problem! Hehe

Puppy wrinkles

We need more pics of logan

EllieSmith wrote:We need more pics of logan

AGREED!

EllieSmith wrote:We need more pics of logan

CodlingKid wrote:

EllieSmith wrote:We need more pics of logan

AGREED!

I have 100's but I like looking at everyone else's more tbh

Yeah but we like looking at then too mat

tyke was the same had little wrinkles hear there and everywere

dont forget there still growing to do so am sure she will grow into it all in time

You have no excuse to not post at least 12 a day then jeez Mat I must admit I do love looking at everyone's dogs though! The photos are the first thing I check

rebeccaleanne wrote:tyke was the same had little wrinkles hear there and everywere

dont forget there still growing to do so am sure she will grow into it all in time

Awww I guess you're right! thanks for your comment Rebecca I don't think I've actually seen any pictures of Tyke :O at the moment she's still as wrinkly as a puppy but big! She's such a big goof ball right now! She still walks round like she's new to it all, she's not a very gain dog bless her! I love her to pieces though, wrinkles and all!

MatLogan wrote:Some dogs will have more excess wrinkley skin than others.

Logan was an especially wrinkley baby lol...

Aww gorgeous puppy pic.
Bella is 18 months and she is still a bit wrinkly. She looks slim when she's standing but when she is lying down the wrinkles make her look like a wee tubby lol.

Daisy is wrinkly, when she frowns she looks like yoda!! When she had lost her fur with the demodex it looked terrible!!

Sazzle alfie has a mild type of demodex, how much fur did she lose?

Aww poor Daisy! I'm glad she's better now I never realized how wrinkly everyone's dogs are I'm glad my girl isn't alone!

A wee bit tubby! Aww bless her! I'm loving your girls smile in your avatar by the way! She's a stunner Honestly ebony hardly ever looks the same! Maybe it's cause she's changing all the time but she looks so different depending on what she's doing/where she is haha

Alot!! She was pretty much bald on her face, belly,sides, chest and front legs, It all fell out after she started her treatment. She had it really bad tho don't want to worry you, if the vet says alfies is mild he won't loose anything like that amount. She had her last dip today so it's back to the vets shortly for another scrape to check she is still clear, sure she is tho because all her hair has grown back

Sazzle is right. If it is mild and dealt with as early as possible it shouldn't be too bad

I'm glad to hear Daisy is doing well with it too

CodlingKid wrote:Aww poor Daisy! I'm glad she's better now I never realized how wrinkly everyone's dogs are I'm glad my girl isn't alone!

A wee bit tubby! Aww bless her! I'm loving your girls smile in your avatar by the way! She's a stunner Honestly ebony hardly ever looks the same! Maybe it's cause she's changing all the time but she looks so different depending on what she's doing/where she is haha

thank you

MatLogan wrote:Sazzle is right. If it is mild and dealt with as early as possible it shouldn't be too bad

I'm glad to hear Daisy is doing well with it too

yeah that's right, daisy got misdiagnosed at first, which is why it got so bad and unfortunately at the time I'd never heard of demodex so didn't ask them to do a scrape

Aww poor daisy!!! Yeah the vet said alfie only had it mild so wouldnt need any treatment unless the patch got bigger, which luckily it hasnt. Poor daisy sounds like shes been through the wars bless her

Yeah she has a bit!! But she's had a good nurse looking after her!! Just keep an eye on alfies but sure it will be fine

My boy only has extra skin on his neck when we put the collar on the extra skin hangs over his collar quite funny but the rest of his body theres not a little bit of fat at all your girl still needs to fill out since shes very young and most of that extra skin is what shell fill into, i think.

Duke had loads of excess skin when he was little and huge ears.



After he grew into his skin and ears

Oh my gosh duke is beautiful! he was such a lovely looking puppy too thanks for the post!

All staffy's and i think most bull breeds have extra baggy skin. I read somewhere that the reason for this is protection if attacked. The attacking animal, dog, badger, rat etc would only get a mouth full of loose skin when trying to bite the neck, causing less damage than if the flesh / muscle was bitten.
I still think the real reason is for cuteness though lol

Romeo has so much skin that when he moves his neck he looks a bendy straw.
people on the strees asked me when he was a puppy is he was a shar pei