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17-05-2009, 03:35 PM
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Hair loss
My two bitches have lost hair on their tails over the past three months. The oldest one has a bald streak right down the middle of her tail at the bottom, the other has hair missing all the way down like a train track. They live outside in a kennel on a raised wooden platform with duvets as bedding, the duvets are washed and changed every week, they are regularly treated with frontline and they have never had hair loss before and it's only the tails. It is really bugging me.
Anybody have any ideas what the cause could be?
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17-05-2009, 07:56 PM
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Re: Hair loss
I have a dog (powderpuff) that lost all her tail hair and it was put down to stress and she didnt need no meds to help it grow back it took a long while though
Has anything happened that could cause her them to be stressed we breed this dog and when i started working ful time and i wasnt home just mum was she got really stressed about it shes all better now and all sorted so i can leave the house with out her getting upset kerry xxx
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17-05-2009, 10:03 PM
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Re: Hair loss
How much exercise do they get?
I took on a staff x who had bald patches on her bum and tail, she was doing it through boredom and stress. x
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18-05-2009, 05:09 AM
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Re: Hair loss
Its a common thing with whippets grehounds and lurcher types. Some of my whippets have had a bald bit on their tails although I have found that with mine it I have never seen it on the ones with dark coloured tails. I never seen is on Owen Tegan or Angel or the fawn twins but Bandit and Jasper have had it. I just left it alone and it eventually went. I also asked other people with whippets and they said theirs had had it. You often see them at shows with a bald patch on their tails.
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18-05-2009, 09:49 AM
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Re: Hair loss
I think i will give the vets a try about the anal glands. They aren't bored, they are quite content and sleep most of the day, they get a good 2 hours walk a day and most of that is free running, when im not working they are out with me most of the day. Nothings happened for them to be stressed. I have never had this problem before and it's really bugging me as it looks horrible!
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18-05-2009, 05:58 PM
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Re: Hair loss
My Staffy had this problem, when we first got him. Only with him its was all over!!
Worse on His Head, Spine, Tail. Vets first though that he had mange, from his last owner's being evil &$"$%"& And burning him with ciggys. Vet said that they would have noticed, as it normally start on their tail's! Hope this help's!
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