hair falling out

sapphire 15 months old blue staff. her hair has been fulling out and now has bold spots on her head and body. she very happy dog. ive had staffies before but not blue. does anyone no wot this is as sapphire hats the vets. she not had good skin since she was 6 month old and ive payed the vet lots of money already

Hello! Poor Sapphire. Few questions - were both parents blue by any chance? Is she itchy? Does her skin smell odd?

Does it look crusty at all? Sounds a bit like demodectic mange. Possibly an allergy, you'll have to wait and see I guess.

What r u feeding her? Blues are more prone to health problems as far as I know! And staffiesdo seem to have quite a few skin complaints if you've been under a vets care and it's not mites etc and she is not stressed or uncomfortable with it I would get her a coat to wear when out and about don't over bath her and when the weather gets hotter make sure she has sun cream! Hope it clears up

If Sapphires perents were both Blue then it could be inherited alopecia

yes does sound like alopecia best advice seek veterinary advice

Staffs are prone to allergies, and blues in particular suffer from more health problems especially if both parents are blue. You definitely need to seek more vet advice, this could be something that can be cleared with simply with a cream or may need tablets etc.

Maybe post a pik of the patches?

sadly yes mum and are blue. she eats james wellbeloved. home mad teats.its not demodectic mange vets tested for that. she alittle itchy but no smell. will take her back to the vets. thanks for your help

More than likely an inherited condition then but not the end of the world. is managable with vets advic
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Hopefully the vet will be able to suggest a good treatment. Do let us know so that we can share with others that might be in the same situation and hopefully hear some good news for Sapphire

soz it taken time to get back. went vets, sapphire is having a phantom pregancy and were hoping its that. we have to go back if things are no better in three weeks.

Aww bless her

Poor thing. Hope it clears up too.
I dont know if this helps. Pixee had terrible dandruff when we first had her, a change of food, (when we finally found one she loved ) and fish helped alot. But the thing that really helped was also tea tree dogs shampoo. She loves it when we use it on her.

just an up date. we put sapphire on fish oil tablets, to help her coat. after her phantom pregancy, all seem to be going well

Good good good.