If your vet really said that a 3 year old dog can’t get mange she is crazy.  However, it most likely isn’t mange anyway.  With a terrier it is most likely an allergy.  The best thing to start with is a bath to get all the spores and pollen out of his coat.  Then a daily swim (do you have access to a swimming pool?) will help keep the pollen/spore count down on his body.  Even a small kiddy pool would help.  If you can’t get him swimming, then a daily rinse in a sink will help.  If you are doing the sink/tub rinse try using 1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water – work it into the coat and skin and then let him shake and dry – don’t rinse the vinegar mix out.  The vinegar helps reduce the itch and helps the skin heal.

If he has any raw spots, pat on some Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera (found in any pharmacy), it too helps with the itch and helps the wound heal.

Try Zyrtec instead of the Benadryl, it seems to work better – use the same dose the vet mentioned for the Benadryl.  

Next, get all the grain out of this dog’s diet, that includes treats.  No sharing bread crusts, cookies, or corn chips!  Many terriers can not tolerate grains and this leads to allergic reactions – ear infections, chewed off fur, hot spots, etc.  Go to a good pet store and ask to be shown to the grain-free dog food area.  Then start reading the ingredients.  You want to find a dog food that lists real meat (it will name the meat!  ie. bison, pork, elk, lamb, salmon meal, turkey meal, etc) as the first 2 or 3 ingredients.  Do NOT buy any dog food that lists “by products” as an ingredient.

It can take up to 3 months for a dog to grow a new coat – so it is way too early for you to see much hair on this boy, also he could have scared the skin with scratching to the point that hair won’t come back at all.  But, don’t worry about that yet – it is too early so worry!  I once cured a dog with terrible mange and she grew a lovely coat everywhere but on her tail – poor little rat tail!  Then about a year later the hair started to grow!  And in 30 days she had a lovely Cairn tail, just in time to be adopted to her forever home.  I love a happy ending, don’t you!

Thank you for rescuing this boy – he is going to need TLC and a good diet to be all that he can be, but he will be worth it!

The signs of mange: terrible itching, on a scale of 1 to 10, mange is about a 20!  Really – it is the most itch a dog or human can have!  Look for little yellow puss filled bumps, or raised red spots, constant chewing and scratching, and him running his back and sides under tables and sofas, on the carpet, etc to scratch the itch.  If this is happening, find a new vet to do a skin scraping (which may well be negative since you applied the flea stuff recently).  The treatment is 3 dose of Revolution given 2 weeks apart.  So if your dog is showing these behaviors, I would ask the vet for the Revolution and treat the dog for mange even with a negative skin scrape.

But if he does not show these behaviors, just wait – a good diet and the daily swim/rinse will work wonders.

Good luck!

How do you know it is yeast? It could be something else if a culture has not been done, and if the vet didn’t look at your dog, she sure didn’t do a culture.  I wouldn’t try to treat this condition in a hit or miss manner, I would find a vet that will really look at my dog, do a culture to discover if it is yeast, a skin scrape to make sure it isn’t mange, and then make a proper diagnosis.

The reaction after urination is normal and is the result of them trying to spread their scent to mark their territory. 

As far as the mating behavior, it can be simply a sign of dominance but if he is not neutered it could also be a mating action.  Getting him neutered can help with this behavior

she suggested these folks: http://mybffpetservices.com/

he’s a bit young to be neutered. should wait at least until he’s 6 months old or older.

in another post she said she bought him at a puppy store down in Chantilly. i know this store doesn’t sell adults.

Expect him to forget this training. You will have to remind him from time to time.

did you buy him from a breeder?  was he registered as a poodle?  

i have difficulty with distinguishing the small fluffy companion breeds…i wish i could help ID the dog.  

Ah, that’s a shame…there really is no way to tell unless you want to spend money on one of those DNA tests.

A vet MAY be able to tell when your puppy is older. Maybe.

i think, after two days, i’d be calling the vet to make sure he doesn’t have anything super-annoying-not-fun like giardia. try to get him in this afternoon.

in the interim, i would not feed anything – the vomiting is problematic.

Thank you for getting back to me. I have only had her around a month and she came from the RSPCA – she has been spayed and wormed and is up to date with all health needs / injections. I haven’t noticed any other issues in her litter tray. I did take her on an outing to my parents house and let her wander (I want to get her used to moving around in case I go away and need others to look after her) She does drink alot of water and urinates a lot – but this hasn’t changed since I got her. a bowlful every two days, she eats well – mainly dry food with a treat of wet food maybe once a week.

try with a warm wet towel rub your kittens anal. softly. mothers lick their kittens to be able to go pee or poop. hope it helps(:

i’d call the vet first thing, to be honest.

i hope he starts doing alright tomorrow. you’ve certainly got your hands full with such a teeny baby! may he grow up healthy and strong. 🙂

sounds like the parent of a newborn anything. you’re doing well! you’re staying on top of things.

you. can. do. it. 🙂

well, it’s not like they have to worry about going to work or cleaning or anything like that. 😉

UPDATE: we are on day 8.. problem seems to have resolved. Thank you so much for everyone’s help!