My APBT has really bad skin allergies, is there anything i can do to help him?

my pit bull get really bad skin rashes mostly when he goes outside and plays in the grass or goes to the river and swims. the vet said it was a bacteria infection, but he is always getting them! it is very expensive to keep taking him to the vet, and i was hoping there was something i could do like change his food or something that might help him from getting so many infections. i feed him iams weight control now, because he has gained a bit of weight since we had him fixed about a year ago. thank you for your advice.

My APBT has really bad skin allergies, is there anything i can do to help him?
I answer this type of question almost daily so I am just pasting my general answer.


If you hang out on Y Answers daily you will see litterally hundreds of people talking about their dogs chewing on their feet and legs and everyone saying its bla bla bla allergies etc, my dog does it too and on and on and on.. What these people do not realize is that these behaviors are caused by something. Stating its an allergy is all well and good but WHY?


Here's why... Vaccines cause skin problems and allergies. Cheap grain filled foods that dogs are NOT meant to eat cause allergies. Heartowrm prevention and flea and tick topicals cause allergies. People always want to fix the symptom and refuse for some reason to look at the cause and go from there.


The first thing you need to do is change this dogs diet. RAW feeding would probably be the answer to your prayer here. It has litterally saved thousands of dogs from self destruction. You also need to get this dog off of any so called 'preventative' medicines for fleas, ticks, heartworms until you get this problem under control.


For the life of me I do not understand why people will not wake up and smell the coffee here and realize that these things are FAR from NORMAL in dogs and should NOT be excused as.. oh its just an allergy.


If you really want to help your dog then I suggest you start at the core of the problem and feed him the best money can buy with no grains and preservative. This would be a raw diet.


http://www.rawlearning.com


http://www.rawfed.com/myths


http://www.rawfed.net


This dog and thousands of others need relief.. not a bandaid on the symptom.


Seek the help of a Holistic vet.. Many do phone consultation. You can search for a vet here by state. Look for one that practices many modalities.


http://www.holisticvetlist.com


Feel free to e-mail me if you want to know more. I have a whole arsenal of info about vaccines and the damage they cause, commercial foods and the damage they cause and much more!


Good luck. I hope you can get your dog the relief he deserves.





The suggestions are well and good if you just want to put a bandaid on it, but if you want him cured it will take a lot more then a drug to control itching and as drugs go... more side effects. This dogs immune system needs healed, not masked with more drugs.





People will thumbs down this answer often because its easier to deny it, learn about it, change it. I have seen many dogs over come allergies and get clear skin and back to health with proper diet. The only way to find out is to try it. Otherwise you just have to adapt to a life of drugs and infections and problems and huge vet bills. There are alternatives.. you just have to be willing to take the time to learn and try them.
Reply:Take him to your vet and ask them what is best for him. You don't want to do anything that may not be good for him. My dog had the same problem and she was givin medication for it . AND had to wear a cone. I also gave her new dog food. BENEFUL. She is doing good now....
Reply:my pug also has allergies. he can't be in grass so i limit his time in it and rub his cream on him before he goes out.





ask the vet for an allergy cream. they have some really good ones.
Reply:If you dog gets allergies you can try giving benadryl, since you have a APBT, probably one 25 mg capsule twice daily, of course it'll probably make him sleepy but you can ween down to once daily if needed, but definitely go to your vet and ask them what you can do
Reply:you can look up on yahoo phone book for a natural pet markett number and let them know whats going on and they will tell you what they have for your pit they are really good before my kitten had paw problems and i had to keep taking him to the vet for a shot and some pills and when i heard about this place they told me they had some amune system booster to help him fight off the infection and it worked the problem went away and hasn't returned or you can go to your vet and get some shampoo called pioben or releif it works for alergies they also have shampoo their to help with infections.i hope this was helpful I work for a groomhouse/vet and we have dogs come in that have alergies and the shampoos seem to help.
Reply:Try Blue Buffalo Dog food. It is available at Petsmart. They have a weight control formula. Their food is human grade, have no soy, wheat or corn flour (the most common cause of allergies!) and they have little vitiman bits called Lifesource bits that are cold formed separately from the kibble and added after the kibble is baked to preserve the nutritional value. My dog had really bad skin allergies and also pollen allergies before I put her on Blue Buffalo. Her allergies cleared up within a couple of weeks!
Reply:Iams is not really a good food and can help in causing skin problems. avoid stuff with wheat, corn, and beets.





I feed a raw diet it takes some research on your part. or try a better brand. not from discount stores.





like timberwolf or innova