My dog has dry skin and is itching all year round sometimes worse than others, what can i do to help her?

She loves the vet so its not a problem bringing her there, but it costs a lot so this was my first choice. I love her to death so i want her to be as healty as possible. She itches mainly right behind her ear, both ears. But i dont know if it is the fact that she has dry skin which is what the vet said last time or something else, because i need to find something to do to help her.

My dog has dry skin and is itching all year round sometimes worse than others, what can i do to help her?
One of my six dogs had that problem, and the vet suggested that he might be allergic to his food - we were feeding them Pedigree. We changed to Dog Chow and his problem went away immediately.





It might be something to consider, anyway.
Reply:roll her in oil
Reply:My vet recommends adding a little olive oil to her food every day
Reply:We use Science Diet, Sensitive Skin Formula.
Reply:It could be an allergy. Try switching her food.
Reply:My dad has a scottie and a westie...these types of dogs have sensitive skin. He uses special dry skin dog shampoo on them. You may be washing her too much? Good Luck!
Reply:Try giving her a tablespoon of olive oil for a few days. It helped my dog.
Reply:Just like humans she may just have dry skin, she may have dandruff that cause itching, or many other things. You should be able to find a shampoo or spray or cream or something at any of you local stores. Good Luck.
Reply:It may be a problem with her diet. Try switching her to a dog food made for those with dry skin. You can find these foods in dry or wet, and sometimes in grocery stores. Pet stores may carry a spray for the problem areas, or pills to combat the underlying problem.
Reply:FISH OIL.





My dog had extremely dry/itchy skin and my vet prescribed fish oil and it worked great. If you can bypass the vets office and get fish oil somewhere else, you'll save some cash (the 16oz bottle I had was like $60).





BETTER DOG FOOD- this combined with the fish oil should fix your dog right up!
Reply:Our Dane puppy has itchy skin...a breeder suggested fish oil capsules...Vit. E. capsules may help also...gave them to my breeding female Rotties.
Reply:Your dog may be allergic to her food, or it could be something else. Try changing her food to a brand your vet recommends. If that doesn't seem to work add olive olive, chicken, and boiled rice to her food and add apple cinder vinegar to her water to prevent parasites. When you bath her put her in water that has baking soda in it to soothe her dry skin, and use a gentle shampoo, baby shampoo is an example of a gentle shampoo since it is designed for sensitive skin.
Reply:check the inside of her ears clean them out with a mix of achole and peroxide if she got mights or wax get some oatmeal mint shampoo for her bath and if needed some hemp lotion or somthing
Reply:put egg on her skin and oil then let it sit for 10 minutes then wash it down it makes her skin moist and gives her oil to her skin that way she won't itch
Reply:If she is only itching at her ears she mite have ear mites or an ear infection.Your vet would be the only one to tell.
Reply:if you can't afford to take her to vet for medical treatmen then you have absolutly no business having her!!!!!!!!!! "it costs alot"!!! everything costs alot!!!!! your computer that your using right now "costs alot"!!!!!!!!!! my advice to you is for you to surrender her to your local SPCA!!!!!!! I know that if you were itching and had dry skin all year round then you would immediatly go to the doctor without giving it a second thought!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T STAND people like you who think they can own animals but they can't afford to pay for their vet bills!!!!!!!! I don't care if you love her to death or not!!!!!!! give her to somebody who cares enough and has the money to take her back to the vet again!!!!!!!! obviously you don't "love her to death" that much!!!!!!!! It's extremly hard for me to try to be nice to people like you!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:I have a westie, and they are real prone to skin problems. Dry skin being most common. I had take my westie to the vet for this when he was just a puppy. whether it is dry skin or something slightly worse. Wash her in Selsum blue for extra dry scalp. every week to every other week. keep the water luke warm to cool because the hot water will dry out her skin even worse. Also give her a supplement that contains omega-3 and fatty acids. this helps to moisturize the skin. you can also try the dog foods that are high in fatty acids. but the shampoo and supplement work fine. If she is itching uncontrolable you can give her a childs dosage of benadril to help her out.





If she is mainly scratching behind her ear then she might have ear mites. You might want to make sure her ears are clean. they have treatments for earmites at walmart and pet stores.


And of course check for fleas
Reply:Well you can try looking in petsmart for shampoo fro dry skin Or your dog may have an allergy to flee bites one of my dogs has that problem.


She has achuley lost all the hair on her butt at times your vet can give her some antibiotics to help.