spent a fortune at the vets for millies skin problems, now he says it might be a yeast infection as she smells sort of sweet, i have changed her food to burns holistic, give her omegas oil in her food at a loss as what else to do, is there any cream i could use to help when when her tummy and neck flare up, can anyone help please, as spent so much money trying to sort out this problem.thanks suzanne

Assuming that Milly is a dog - what type - has your vet done any skin/allergy tests. What food do you feed? Obviously the only person that can give you a true reason for this is your vet - there are so many factors that can contribut to skin problems. Having said that I have had serious problems with the dog I lost
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sue

I would suggest changing her to raw/BARF feeding.

One of the pups we rbed had terrible problems with dry skin. Her owners tried everything. They then changed her to being totally raw/natural fed, and her skin cleared up very quickly and has been fine since.

As Jackson has said - the first thing I would do is remove the dry food - many people do not feel that can manage raw (BARF). In which case NatureDiet is as bout as close aas you can get. Another thing is to completely change the main scource of protien to one that the dog has never had before - i.e duck or lamb
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sue

I use this on my Cresteds when they have red or spotty skin. It can be put in their water regularly or sprayed on their skin when they get a breakout and I think its great stuff
Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Colloidal Silver and it's uses in dogs

Millie is a petit basset griffon, yes the vet has taken skin tests and came back with some sort of mange for which i give her stronghold once a month, but last time i went she mentioned yeast allergy as she could smell it i have changed her diet to burns holistic, the vet was not much helpwith the yeast allergy

Thanks for the advice, will try the colloidal silver[never heard of it] how much would you give a medium sized dog Millie is a petit basset griffon , and do you spray it on neat? Suzanne

I would personally try her on Naturediet - and would withdraw all dry food - if you eml naturediet they will send you samples - you could also take the food ananalyst to the vets for their opinion.
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sue

Hi, I do sympathise with you. We have a Basset Hound who has skin problems. Vets have been really helpful *snorts* they keep up suplied with bottles of anti fungal shampoo at ridiculous prices (ie they make us pay for a proper appointment just to buy the shampoo....£16 becomes £32) & they've never really explained what we might do to try & solve the issue.
Hence I have spent the last year hunting down forums like this to find anyone else who has gone though similar things!

She gets rashy, from what ,we aren't sure...& licks her thighs, scratches her neck. The yeast takes over & we have a nightmare keeping the fur on.
Usually we wash her in Malaseb once a week, currently twice a week as it's been flaring up more lately.
I've also tried other shampoos in between Malaseb as I didn't want to be reliant on that stuff. I used 'Quistel' originally to get the fur grown back after her first bad attack (plucked chicken!!!) which worked but seemed also to encourage yeast growth.
Now I'm using a Neem shampoo all over her which is fab! Her coat is amazing, but I guess the jury is out on whether it helps the itching.

For the rash we use plain old nappy rash cream! Sudocrem works better than tescos own brand though!! It does work straight away.

Sorry I'm rambling on here...
We used to feed her Autarky as it seemed a healthy food like Burns, but more affordable, however last xmas when Nimh was really bad I started learning more about ingredients & discovered that Yeast was added to the food!
We switched to James Wellbeloved & with washing her every 3 days alternating shampoos for about 6 months she was totally fine!
We even managed to go for up to 10 days without her needing to be washed.
But it's gone downhill again & I have no idea why.

We did notice that things like Pigs ears 'may' aggravate it. Also Bonios!
She gets shapes biscuits (3 at bedtime) but they never seem to have been a problem. She ate them even when she was fine.

So now I've been giving her more meat in her diet. I don't want to do the raw thing for many reasons, but I think it's got to be a good idea to add real meat to her diet!!
I've yet to hunt down some bulk buys as yet but the past fortnight she's had chicken mixed with her usual 'greens' (I have a dog that adores spring greens...lol...she's had those for ages with her dinner).
I swap just over a quarter dried food for the chicken & veg.
She wolfs it all down of course, but I've no idea really if the food even makes a difference to her skin problems.

I would like to find something a bit cheaper than JWB but everything I look at that is recomended has added yeast in the ingredients!!