I hope someone can help me an my four year old boy, he is a beautiful strawberry blonde shitsu maybe cross tibetan terrior. He is tough but loving but throughout the time we have had him living with us he has had numerous ear infections and due to an eye trauma, due to scratching he has had an ulcer and a dent on the eye. He has had antibiotics drops since November plus numerous oral antibiotics which have been increased over that period. He is not healing, the vet is at a loss. there appears to be skin allergy too although we have changed the food. His immune system appears poor any suggestions that may help my boy, I'm desperate.

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Can't help on the eye front, I'm afraid. What are you feeding him? Some dogs are senstive to ingrediants in dry food. You may want to try raw feeding him ? Lots of info from other members on here far more experianced than I am and in the dog nutrition section. One of my dogs used to have allergic reactions and since being raw she has been fine.

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His allergy might not just be food related, could be flea related - my shih tzu gets these big horrible bumps that scab over when he gets bitten by a flea, despite being flead regularly they can still hop on and bite.

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For the reapeated ear infections, what has the vet given you? Has it just been Antibiotic drops for the ears only? Ear infections are not always just bacterial, you can get mites that cause it, yeast and other fungal infections that cause it as well as bacteria.
Something that you can try that has had really good results and is 100% natural and antibacterial and antifungal is Aromesse petnat itchy ear drops.
You can also get an ear cleaner, that you use in conjunction with the drops.
Itchy Ear Drops
See link if you want to check those out and read more.
Other then this I think there is a veterinary prescription ear drops called Surolan which is both anti fungal and anti biotic and has a steriod anti-inflammatory in it too, I think it may even possibly deal with mite problems as well. Another one that is effective is again veterinary only called canaural drops they are good and you can get an ear cleaner too.

Injuries and ulceration on the eyes can and do take a long time, anti biotic ointment is often more effective then drops as they stay longer in the eye.
Is it just purely an antibiotic they are giving you? antibiotic plus anti inflamatory steroidal eye drops and ointments should be avoided with injury and ulceration it stops them healing.
Has your vet ever given your dog a schrimer test for dry eye? If the eyes are dry and dont produce enough tears it can make them susceptible to infection and becoming ulcerated and also because of the dry eye they dont heal well.
I believe if all else fails as regards to healing there is as a last resort a surgial option of cauterising the eye and it has to be stitched shut whilst it heals.

As regards to itchy senitive problem skin, Aromesse also do something called Dermacton, again all natural comes in shampoo bar, spray and cream, it has had fantastic results and has helped dogs where nothing else worked, or only steroids did before, if you want to check it out see link
Dermacton - Skin Relief for Dogs with Itchy Skin
A skin supplement may help too Yumega Plus has had good results
Yumega Plus includes Salmon Oil for Dogs, Reduces Scratching - Lintbells - Lintbells

Something else that may help him around with skin as well as general health too is Bionic biotic. In fact as he has other problems as well as skin, and the Bionic Biotic had many benefits that may possibly be the better option
Probiotic for Dogs | Dog digestion / skin + coat supplement | Pooch and Mutt

There are several conditions that can cause problem skin, eye problems, immune problems and a host of other symptoms including endocrine problems
like Hypo Thyroid, that for example can cause, dry eyes occular discharge problem skin, they is an auto immune version that is hereditary and an idiopathic version that just occurs, the auto immune version can occur age 3 or before even. There are also other auto immune diseases that can cause skin and other problems Hypo thyroid there is a specific blood test for any I think that there maybe too for some of the other immune mediated/auto immune problems too. if you are not getting any joy from your current vet, you are well within your rights to ask for a second opinion or a specialist refferal.

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I think to comment more we would have to know more about the allergy problems you have been having and what has currently been tried. You mentioned changing his diet but what to? I would guess one recommended by the vet. Regardless, could you list the ingredients as well as the name. I may be someone can advise a better commercial alternative.

We also feed raw which we discovered when looking into allergy problems. It certainly not a cure all but has helped a lot dogs with allergies as well as a lot of dogs in general. It needs research and I would advise you to keep an eye on the Dog Health and Nutrition - Pet Forums Community section where raw is often discussed. One of the main threads, a sticky, is Raw Feeding: everything you need to know!

It must be noted that most vets are against raw feeding. They may well list dangers such as bones being dangerous causing internal damage to the intestines, E-coli and Salmonella risks, lack of scientific evidence that it's beneficial, you are not able to provide a balanced diet amongst other things. Then again if everyone is stumped including the vet...

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