Dogs bleed during only the beginning of the heat cycle. Usually longer than 2 days. She may be keeping herself so clean you don’t notice the blood. All my dogs do this.

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.

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.

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!

You need to take him to a vet your dog may have pancreatitis or an inflamed gastrointestinal tract which needs to be treated.

You should see a vet, he may be dehydrated as more than a few days of diarreah can cause dehydration and there may be an underlying health issue and not the coconut oil.

thanks a TON. my friend is following this thread, so he’ll see the response. 🙂

yeah. he’s the most responsible member of the family, especially when it comes to the dog.

he’s the one who got them to feed meals, and set amounts at each meal. he’s the reason they’re feeding a high quality food. frankly, i think he should just take over total care of the dog – he’s the reason the dog gets to go to the beach, plays fetch, goes for walks, you name it. he’s a big ol’ sweetheart of a mooshdog who actually tolerated my crazypants dobe when she was a pup, and he deserves the best care.

thanks for posting updates, Mike. 🙂

Ah, reply got eaten.

His person is home. He greeted my parents to death by tail wag and full on butt wiggle, then pranced around with a bone. He even drank some water from his water bowl, though only a bit. Ive been adding water to his food to keep him hydrated.

He was 66 lbs when the ER discharged him!, so we’ll need to put weight on him. I’d like him between 75 and 80, no more than 85 lbs.

I think my mom will be willing to put in the work, though it remains to be seen just how much my dad will sabotage things. He’s incapable of properly caring for a dog, cannot/will not feed properly, and I can guarantee he will never pick up poop. I don’t expect he’ll follow my instructions even if I write them out and sit down to explain it all to him like he’s five.

They’re used to just letting him out the back unsupervised and off-leash (invisible fence) but that cant happen anymore. They’re also used to having him go out whenever they happen to get up in the morning and to giving him free roam of the house. That’ll probably need to change, especially with the underwear eating. He’s been needing to go out between 2 and 6 am most mornings, usually more than once, so this should be….interesting.

I’m excited to get back to my apartment and sleep in my own bed, but I’ll try and stop by often for the next few weeks to check in on him 🙂

Well, he’s an amazingly well-behaved, laid back dog. Even as a puppy he really never chewed things he wasn’t supposed to ate bad stuff etc. I did stress that, basically, they’re going to have to act as though they have a puppy again. keep doors closed and confine him to certain areas of the house if they’re going to keep it as cluttered as it is. Can’t really rely on him to tell them he needs to go out. I’ve been noticing this even before he got sick. In old age he’s just not vocal / animated in telling you. No crying, pawing, overly insistent nose booping anymore. It’s more of a, lumber into the room, look at you silently, then lumber out.

Been having some small pee accidents if I don’t have him out the door to go before 6 am. 6:25 this morning was too late.

He’s tolerating the Orijen I bought. been giving him 1-5 pieces of kibble now and then with his food, just to see if he’d eat it, and so he doesn’t get too spoiled and forget what dog food is 😛 I did stress absolutely no treats or people food other than what he’s getting for meals,

My sis and I found several pairs of underwear in my parents back yard, so yes, they’re very, very lucky. Odd that this behavior has just recently started though.

Mom was opposed to 2 months vacation instead of 1, but Dad won out on that one. Zack continues to improve. He’s eating, finally drinking water and keeping everything down, there have been no accidents so far this week, and my mother says he’s “Very perky” He’ll get another dewormer treatment later this week.

I did have someone remind me this past weekend that “he’s 13 and you might have to put him down soon.” Yeah, thanks. As if I’m not acutely aware of that.

Checked with my Dr. and was told not to worry about myself as long as I was showing no symptoms. Aside from weight loss I’m not, so dog and human are in the clear.

Thanks for reply .. She is under vat. Coz she is unable to walk. So it’s paralysis. Will it affect her organs?? She even had high fever yesterday. Is it fatal??

I would get to the vet ASAP. It may just be a benign cyst or an allergic reaction or something else very simple. On the other hand, some lumps can be cancerous and the QUICKER that you have a vet check it out, the quicker you can get treatment for your pet.