We use a product called Pinetarsol on our dog which is also used for humans and can be purchased at any chemist in a liquid form and you dab it on with a cotton bud and it works very well on our dog, you can dilute it or use it full strength, hope that helps!!!

Bathe them in kerosene. Old bush cure for anything short of broken limbs.

Try Rawleigh's Antiseptic Salve.

Difficult to get. Sold like Amway, Avon etc.

Been around for over a hundred years. Used to be called 'the farmer's friend .

Trust me, works on everything from zits to 'roids.

I use it on our dogs just to get them through the early spring itches.

try some good quality extra virgin olive oil, used to work on our old Ridgeback well enough. Seems to sort the dry skin out.

Jack

Works on the oldies....Just ask Bronwyn Bishop

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Tea Tree oil is your friend, either in a shampoo or a few drops of oil in some water and sponge it on, I prefer the latter. Use the good quality stuff. Another option is Dairysal it's used on cows udders but it is good for treating itchy rashes on dogs and humans, very good for eczema . And if you are really desperate you could try sump oil, it sound pretty gross but a lot of the old farmers swear by it.

it's funny how we all have different experiences of things in life. Tea tree oil based dog soap was the cause of the rash/scratching in one of my dogs.

One of the most common allegies in dogs is to wheat and corn. Bying an expensive (quality ?) brand of dog food is not enough check the contents to see if there is corn or wheat in them.

Most dry dog food is made up of wheat and corn fillers because it is cheap and then sprayed/coated with flavoured fat to appeal to the dog.

We have a German Shepherd that shows hotspots, sores, rashes etc when given any thing with wheat and corn.

We originally took her to the vet where she was diagnosed with a flea allergy (always been on flea treatment) and given Malaseb to use. to cut to the chase we have tried every potion and shampoo out there and some are quite expensive.

No success and the problem was getting worse with skin lesions and sores and bald patches. We didn't like what was showing on the outside and could only imagine what it was like on the inside. We couldn't even bath her it was to painfull. The Vets approach was to use steriods (NOT an option!!)

A chance meeting with a rep at the petshop put us on the path of wheat/corn allergy, she suggested that we try Eukanuba Sensitive Skin. After a week her appertite improved and she became playfull again. After a couple of weeks the skin started to improve and she has never looked back.

When you look at the price of a 16 kg bag you fall over backwards and start having heart palpitations until you realise that all those expensive creams, potions and shampoos are no longer needed and it works out a lot cheaper.

We now feed our dogs the Eukanuba German Shepherd with fantastic results. But please be careful the other week I saw that Royal Canin make a German Shepherd blend and purchased a bag only to find that her hotspots started to return. ( I should have read the ingredients )

try a change in diet you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

We all hope he/she gets better

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I wouldn't use tea tree oil on my dogs! It dries the skin out too much, and the dogs end up with a dandruffy skin!

No Brian I wouldn't be using Kerosene either! How about you bath in it?

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sounds to me like your dog has a common ailment known as queensland itch. you can treat your dog for this with one of many off the shelf items available for this or if you love your dog like I loved mine you can take him to the vet and get it checked and treated properly.....love your dog!
apologies.....I re read the first thread.....you have already seen your vet .....and insert her for him......