hello there, my white boxer has been diagnosed with acne, has anyone elses dog suffered with this at all? can anybody reccomend a treatment that works as an alternative to expensive tablets from the vets? of course if there are no other treatments then i will still get the tablets for her!
cheers tom

Could it possibly be something to do with her diet???dont know what to suggest,never heard of it before,you cant exactly use clearisil on the little lady!!

Why not??

I would have thought it would be down to diet, what do you feed?

there might be a herbal/diet based way of tackling this and i would certainly look this way first,after all theres not really any urgent hurry,if its not causing pain for her.Drugs from the vets all come with there own side effects,some not very nice.

Could be an alergy to something in the food you give her.
I had a Bulldog years ago that used to come up in small lumps all over if he ate any kind of food with red food colouring in it.
The vet didnt say it was acne but I just thought it was worth a mention.

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she doesn't appear to be in any discomfort at all, she is fed bakers complete and sometimes raw meat, apart from the acne she is extreemly fit and healthy, too fit sometimes!!!!!!!

bakers complete is not a very good food,i would switch her over to a good quality dry diet such as burns,nutro,royal canin and im sure others here can advise more.lots of these makes also offer sensitive skin/digestion diets also.

I agree, try her with a dry food with less additives.

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nice 1 guys i'll try changing her food

it will take a few weeks to notice any changes,i would feed soley on the dry food until you know the results,keep us posted and good luck!