Hi Emma,

What are you feeding your dog? It may be that something you are feeding your
dog may not agree with him/her. My first dobe was a bitch, and she developed
lumps, like blisters, between her toes. My vet tried numerous courses of
tablets, and some worked, some didn`t. But when each course that worked had
finished, the blisters returned. I made the decision to change her diet, simply
because I thought, "if i eat something that doesn`t agree with me, it manifests
itself on my skin", just like acne. Ask your vet if their is anything in the
food you give your dog that could have this effect on their skin. I would bring
the information panel from the side of the food, (the one that gives you the
protein levels and the ingredients) to your vet and see what he says. I`m on my
fourth dobe now, and they have all had skin problems, but it has always been
dandruff, or psoriasis. It`s my understanding that this is common amongst
dobermanns. As for the possibility of it being an allergy to something in the
fields, I take it you have been walking her over these fields since you got her,
but this is a problem that has just appeared? But it could be an allergy to
something in the food.
Hope this helps and keep me posted on how you get on.

Philip

----- Original Message -----
From: clarence
To: dobermaneuropeclub@...
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Doberman Europe Club] skin problems



Hi,

What did you find what really works, I have got the same problem with my
1 year old female doberman with mange and have tried different medicines
to no avail.

Clarence
--- In dobermaneuropeclub@..., julie parrott
<oxfordshipton@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Emma
>
> It might be worth asking your vet to check for demodectic
mange.....they take a skin scraping and it will tell immediately if that
is the problem. If it is, please let me know because I think I have
finally found a solution that works for older dogs. I have been trying
to clear it up on my 6 yo male dobie for two years now using different
prescribed drugs and washes and I've finally found something that is
working. It is caused when the dog's immune system is down for some
reason and the mites which live on every dog's coat and normally don't
cause a problem, multiply and the dog keeps scratching and scratching -
losing hair and if it continues,
>
> All the vets I have spoken to say that it is hereditary and it is
found in Dobermanns (and other breeds as well). My dobie boy had a
magnificent coat before the first outbreak. He got stressed when I went
overseas on holidays even though he stayed in his same environment ie at
home with the rest of the family.
>
> Let me know if the tests show that this is the problem.
> cheers
> Julie
>
> "ej.2411" ej.2411@... wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a new member and i hoping that somebody can help me. I have a 2
> 1/2 year old female doberman and i've had her for just over a year.
> She was a rescue dog from wood green animal shelter. The shelter did
> their best to give us some history on her, but there is alot we still
> don't know. Not long after we got her she started getting small lumps
> all over her chest and some grew quite big. The vet removed them and
> they were just fatty lumps and she was given antibiotics. They cleared
> her skin up. She has always had dandruff and we've found that the very
> mild dandruff shampoos clear it up, but recently she has developed
> tiny blisters on her belly and at the top of her thighs.
> Is there a particular skin problem that most dobermans suffer with ?
> and if some what's the best way to treat it? At the moment the
> blisters aren't bothering her and i don't know if she's just allergic
> to something in the fields where she goes walking or if it is a more
> serious skin problem. If anybody has any ideas i would be most
> grateful.
> Emma
>
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