Hi can anyone help, I have a 18 month old springer spaniel bitch,and she was spayed last summer, her coat is dull, and now started to go very thin on both sides, her skin is fine underneath.

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Gonna ask the same as my mate Hobo () what ya feeding?
Fish oils are what it sounds like you need to be adding

hi, I am feeding her on Bakers Complete, and have been giving her a primrose oil capsule daily.also a tin of tuna once a week.
she was last wormed about 4 weeks ago.
someone suggested it could be hormone trouble,
she is otherwise very active.

bakers is one of the worst foods out there maybe try changing to skinners or vitalin life stage or csj they are better foods and will probably be cheaper and salmon oil from grizzly is what i have got for bonnie will let you know how it goes

You will probably find that it is Bakers... It is the worst food on the market. Full of additives and all sorts of rubbish. Best bet would be to change her food over a week to something better. Have you ever thought of giving raw feeding a go, I've never ever seen a raw fed dog with poor coat and teeth (or many over/ underweight now I thik about it).

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SOMETIMES YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR IS MERELY AN IDIOT WRAPPED IN TINFOIL

i agree with the others Bakers really is the worst food going, full of sugar and additives and practically no meat.

Have you tested her thyroid? Low thyroid could also produce this sort of coat problem and is quite easily corrected with an inexpensive daily pill. If she does have an underactive thyroid, you'd want to address it as it causes many health issues.

Several of the Spaniels are known for low thyroid, so in your breed, I'd definitely get it checked.

hi,
going to take her to the vets this week as you are the 3rd person to mention thryroid,
hopefully will get her sorted asap.
thanks.