While visits to the vet are always important, it can be reassuring to know that you can help your pet, at home, and get the best out of any veterinary support you choose to give your pet. Home therapy does not need to interrupt your veterinary care… in fact, using home remedies can help your vet heal your dog's skin condition that much faster!
However, it is important to go to a reputable source when seeking out a home care program. There are many unqualified sources of pet health information, including online. Veterinary dermatologists and those vets with an expressed interest in dermatology are more likely to be up-to-date with latest findings related to itchy skin conditions. Pet dermatologists would agree you need to develop a home therapy routine that you can implement to stop dog scratching.
The information on this website is provided by Dr Rob, a vet with 15 years experience and plenty of ongoing research into natural therapies for itchy dogs. There is an interesting video showing the long-term effects of cortico-steroids on the site. There is also a Scratching Dog Blog, which Dr Rob regularly updates.
By acting quickly, in accordance with specific qualified veterinary advice, you can relieve your dog's itching quickly. If you stick with your 'itching intervention programme', you will gradually find fewer outbreaks and fewer serious infections to be cleaned up.
Of course, you still need to treat the secondary infections caused by the scratching that happened earlier! Serious infections may require the use of antibiotics for best results. Once the itch is gone, and the secondary infections are healed, keep the itching at bay by taking preventative measures to stop your dog from being exposed to the allergen that caused that chronic itch in the first place.
Treating the itch immediately, regardless of the actual cause, is important. Preventing the itch from returning, through a correct diagnosis of the cause of the itch, is an important next step and must not be overlooked.
Many generalised vets are not specialised or supported with further study in the area and may not be fully correct in their initial diagnosis. A proportion of itchy dogs have two or more types of allergies. By intervening early in itching flares, then getting a correct diagnosis from a qualified source to prevent future flares, you can go on to enjoy many years of itch-free and drug-free pet health!
A reputable online source of information for itching dogs is ON DR. ROB`S SITE
Dr. Rob has seen all types of itchy dogs, has pursued further study in this area, and knows the frustration of the condition. He has closely followed university research on treatment of the itching dog. His natural therapies program is the result of the latest findings. He also maintains a blog on the subject. CHECK OUT REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION
