Redge Bad dandruff

[Flaperoo]

When we first got Redge (17 November) his coat was a complete mess, apart from his kennel coat his skin was really dry and scaly .

Since his arrival he has been fed a good diet (fish4dogs), with oily fish added, he is brushed and groomed at least 4 times a week, He has been losing his kennel coat but not the dsndruff.

He is not itchy and completley unconcerned by this, in fact he appears a bit like a kid in sweet shop he is so happy .

Has anyone got any tips? I know it is probably just me but I would love him to have a beautiful shiny black coat.

Maryx

[andywillow]

I've always used Neutrogena shampoo on dogs with scurfy coats, its great stuff, my vet recommended it to me years ago and have always used it.

[alexandsteve]

That's what some of our customers give us to wash their dogs in and they feel it works. I like to use shampoos with a high GLA like www.vetuk.co.uk/dog-shampoos-veterinary-shampoos-c-1124_637_889/dermocanis-high-gla-shampoo-250ml-bottle-p-43.

Xxx

[deborahburt]

I use Quistel Organic Bio-Restoring shampoo. It did a fantastic job on Zara Loolar's flakey skin.
There's nothing nicer than a shiny black houndie.

[barbaranixon]

Just don't do what a cavalier breeder's grandaughter did.

She overheard her gran's phone conversation, in which she was telling a friend that a little butter helped her dogs' skin.Of course she meant a dab of butter on the dogs' food, but the little girl decided to help and smothered one poor thing's coat in butter.

[tinar]

Feb 16, 2013 8:46:06 GMT -5 barbaranixon said:

Just don't do what a cavalier breeder's grandaughter did.

She overheard her gran's phone conversation, in which she was telling a friend that a little butter helped her dogs' skin.Of course she meant a dab of butter on the dogs' food, but the little girl decided to help and smothered one poor thing's coat in butter.

Sorry , but  

Daley's dandruff took nearly 2 months to clear,and we give them a slosh of con oil on their food every day which keeps it away

[kamkay]

We swear by evening primrose oil here

[ritab]

I use ev prim and also omega fish oil. I also tried sunflower oil and olive oil for Gizzi. The dandruff stayed however. Then I discovered coconut oil which you can add to food and use on the coat. It is solid when cold though so I ended up with a very strange looking hound so just added it to food. She now looks lovely and glossy (apart from the baldy bits).

After 2 months with us Lena now has bad dandruff.

I'm not sure whether it was coconut oil or just the passage of time that cleared Gizzi's, but I need to try the coconut oil on Lena now to see if it really works.

[barbaranixon]

One of our springers had very scurfy skin, until she was given Vitapet oil. I used to order it in gallon cans, so sometimes ran out and during these spells her dandruff was very visible.

A friend always swore by EPO, for her cavaliers, but on visiting her parents, who ran a pet shop, was given some Vitapet and she reckonned it was even better than EPO.

Small bottles of Vitapet are expensive and 4 litre cans are no longer marketed, but when I needed some a few years ago, approached 7 Seas, who sold me a ' for export ' 4litre can for just £25 delivered.

[Flaperoo]

Thanks as always for the great advice everyone.

His skin is so scruffy I have decided to buy the dermocanis shampoo and the vitapet oil.

Hope to put up some gleaming pitures soon

Maryx