KatjaB
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Hello,
My husband and I have a boston terrier girl named Evey.
She’s 1 year and 3 months old, weighs 19.6 LB and is intact.
She eats fresh organic foods such as beef, fruit, vegetables, sweet potato, potato, flax seeds, celery juice, supplements (B12, zinc, wild blueberry powder, barley grass juice powder, spirulina, propolis, olive leaf - all from Vimergy).
She gets daily exercise, play, mental stimulation, socializing, lots of cuddles.
She’s been vaccinated once against rabies and twice against other diseases with Vanguard Plus 7 vaccine.
Evey used to be extremely fearful and sensitive, didn’t sniff on walks, didn’t want to be touched, didn’t really like food and was very picky.
We put tremendous effort into getting her better (good food, socializing, tons of learning through play, sniffing practice, favorite exercises). She has come such a long way and she’s doing so much better now.
Her overall BEAM is good at the moment.
On 23rd of January Evey was given antibiotics at first as she was wrongly diagnosed with mammary gland infection which was in fact false pregnancy.
A week later, on 30th of January, when a different vet corrected the diagnosis she was given Cabergoline for false pregnancy.
Not long after I asked about false pregnancy on the forum and we learned the vets were giving us a false scare since false pregnancy is common in female dogs that are intact and no special treatment is necessary except for homeopathic remedies in case of troublesome symptoms.
Approximately 10 days ago all of a sudden Evey started loosing hair.
At first we thought it was because it got warmer outside but now it’s cold again and she’s still loosing so much hair she already has some patches of almost bare skin (pictures attached), especially on her backsite.
She has flaky skin (on some parts more then the others, picture attached) that looks like dandruff.
She has a bit of redness on her tummy.
Also she lost a bit of weight although I’m not sure if the weight loss is related.
She used to have such a beautiful shiny coat people often complemented her on walks. But now when I gently pet her I can feel the hair falling out beneath my fingers.
Yesterday I bathed her with a gentle and 100% natural shampoo and the whole shower was full of hair (picture attached).
I’m trying to stay positive but seeing her loose so much hair is breaking my heart.
What can we do to help her get better?
Do you think hair loss is related to medication mentioned above?
She never had this problem before and this was the first time she received medication.
Also I think I saw Micro-C from Vimergy recommended for dogs here on the forum. I know vitamin C is highly beneficial but I’m wondering if I can give it to her since it contains grape seed extract?
Please help us @Dr. Jeff @Dr. Christina @Dr. Sara
My husband and I have a boston terrier girl named Evey.
She’s 1 year and 3 months old, weighs 19.6 LB and is intact.
She eats fresh organic foods such as beef, fruit, vegetables, sweet potato, potato, flax seeds, celery juice, supplements (B12, zinc, wild blueberry powder, barley grass juice powder, spirulina, propolis, olive leaf - all from Vimergy).
She gets daily exercise, play, mental stimulation, socializing, lots of cuddles.
She’s been vaccinated once against rabies and twice against other diseases with Vanguard Plus 7 vaccine.
Evey used to be extremely fearful and sensitive, didn’t sniff on walks, didn’t want to be touched, didn’t really like food and was very picky.
We put tremendous effort into getting her better (good food, socializing, tons of learning through play, sniffing practice, favorite exercises). She has come such a long way and she’s doing so much better now.
Her overall BEAM is good at the moment.
On 23rd of January Evey was given antibiotics at first as she was wrongly diagnosed with mammary gland infection which was in fact false pregnancy.
A week later, on 30th of January, when a different vet corrected the diagnosis she was given Cabergoline for false pregnancy.
Not long after I asked about false pregnancy on the forum and we learned the vets were giving us a false scare since false pregnancy is common in female dogs that are intact and no special treatment is necessary except for homeopathic remedies in case of troublesome symptoms.
Approximately 10 days ago all of a sudden Evey started loosing hair.
At first we thought it was because it got warmer outside but now it’s cold again and she’s still loosing so much hair she already has some patches of almost bare skin (pictures attached), especially on her backsite.
She has flaky skin (on some parts more then the others, picture attached) that looks like dandruff.
She has a bit of redness on her tummy.
Also she lost a bit of weight although I’m not sure if the weight loss is related.
She used to have such a beautiful shiny coat people often complemented her on walks. But now when I gently pet her I can feel the hair falling out beneath my fingers.
Yesterday I bathed her with a gentle and 100% natural shampoo and the whole shower was full of hair (picture attached).
I’m trying to stay positive but seeing her loose so much hair is breaking my heart.
What can we do to help her get better?
Do you think hair loss is related to medication mentioned above?
She never had this problem before and this was the first time she received medication.
Also I think I saw Micro-C from Vimergy recommended for dogs here on the forum. I know vitamin C is highly beneficial but I’m wondering if I can give it to her since it contains grape seed extract?
Please help us @Dr. Jeff @Dr. Christina @Dr. Sara
Do work with a homeopath!
