we have a staffy pup who has been with us now for a few weeks, he is 14 weeks old now and a couple of weeks ago we noticed him scratching his belly and there was some redness, when we took him to the vets we was given some cream which is normally used for dermititus. this cleared the skin up but now he has browny/orange patches appearing on his chest and elbows and is scratching at his tummy again. he seems to have very flaky skin too, his coat looks like he has lots of dandruff. does anyone have any clues? he is due back at the vets again next week, but i was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this before with their pup/dog?

we have a staffy called Naz that has exactly the same problem. He sometimes just gets bald patches which are really red (a bit like excema). We took him to the vets at first but now we just get Savlon spray and spray that on twice a day if he gets a flare up. He usually gets it on the side of his face or under his front legs. We try to avoid long grass as this seems to make it worse.
Sudocreme also works but he doesnt like having this on so we stick to the spray.

Our friend has a rottie that gets dematitus on his feet - the vet prescribed cream and antibotics costing £40. We told him about Savlon spray and he now uses this to clear it if he gets a flare up.

Hope this helps. let us know how you get on.

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Kelsie

Have you changed his diet?
regards
DT

coal tar shampoo is good for irritated skin

Have you used any shake 'n' vac or carpet shampoo that could have caused an outbreak?? What does your pup eat?? Have you just had him vaccinated??

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Jo, Nelly, Bhu and Molly
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Puppies often get dry flakey skin, just like human babies get dry or spotty skin. They usually grow out of it.

It could be diet related though, what food is he on? wheat and maize can cause this type of allergy. It coudl also be 'dandruff mite', has your vet checked for this?

I would agree with the advice forum members are suggesting it sounds like a skin allergy to something.

My STB has an allergy to certain plants, I dug them out carn't remember what they were either sorry. They were herbaceous perennials looked a bit like stock.

We had skin tests done but nothing was conclusive it was a question of washing his bedding in mild soap like fairy non-bio, I washed the floor with plain water, didn't use air freshners, the lists is endless.

I got there in the end, good luck.

Sue

We used to have staffies.. a brindle bitch and a white male.. The male when we got him had terrible skin.. I used a shampoo from my horse vet which was for skin fungus's etc.. Can't recall the name.. But it cleared his skin up a treat.. I was told staffs do suffer with there skin a bit..

Thanks for the advice guys, he has had his first vaccination and is due his second one this week which is rather late on for a pup but we didnt get him till he was nearly 11 weeks old.
I am used to long haired dogs mostly and so the staffy is a bit of a new one on me but i have read that they can seem to suffer with skin problems. I guess its just a bit of trial and error at first to find out whats causing it. The cream we got from the vets was very expensive and the savlon spray sounds like a good suggestion, we shall see what the vet says this week and take it from there.

Sarah it could be a reaction to the vaccination - it has been known

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