Why is my schnauzer losing hair

A lot of the time, people who think they're allergic to dogs aren't -- they're allergic to dog dander. Ten percent of Americans have this allergy, so if you're one of those one in 10, a schnauzer is a good fit for you. They produce significantly less dander than some other dogs do, and the American Kennel Club recommends them for people with allergies.

Miniature schnauzers shed so little and produce so little dander that they are a good fit for people who can't have other breeds. The fact that they don't shed much doesn't mean that miniature schnauzers don't need to be groomed. These dogs are frequently sheared at the groomer so that their thick, wiry hair doesn't mat or get too dirty. Short-hair schnauzers' fur falls out infrequently and in tiny amounts.

Whether your schnauzer is big or small, frequent brushing also helps prevent shedding from becoming too noticeable. Schnauzer fur is strong, but not invulnerable. If your schnau falls ill or has a hormonal problem, he could end up losing hair. Hypothyroidism, for example, makes the hair fall right out. Ringworm causes concentrated hair loss at the infection site.

He was getting 1 to 3 mini carrots for a snack each day. I have now changed his food to Purina Pro plan, where the first ingredient is beef. Now he's only been on it for 1 week. Right now, I don't feel it's working on his condition. What can I do? I've even tried giving a allergy pill. I don't know if I can give him that every day.

Help me please. Ask your vet specifically for this if it it allergies. Good luck, Gizmo. Apr 15, Rating Dry dog food by: Anonymous After 2 years trying many different dog food I decided to give up and cook for my dog.

Boiled rice, coocked turkey or beef mince or white fish, fresh vegetables, added calcium and other supplements Feb 20, Rating Gabby by: Paulette I have a mini schnauzer she has lost a lot of weight , couple months ago. Fingers crossed it isn't. Good luck. Jan 19, Rating Itching Schnauzer by: Lee Our mini schnauzer Margot, scratches and licks behinds her front legs and the inside of her thighs.

We have tried elimination diet, homemade food, practically every high end food, hot spot sprays, special shampoos, new-vet supplements, fish oil, olive oil and prednisone. Our vet has now prescribe Atopica. She received one 25 mg capsule for three weeks every day and then every other for the last 6 weeks. Her coat grew back around her "armpits" and looked much better. Now she is scratching again with a fury and we back where we started!

Has anyone experienced similar, incessant allergy driven discomfort in their Schnauzers? Max was on Atopica and it worked well for a while, then he started itching again. Now, every spring he goes on to Piriton tablets. Jul 22, Rating schnauzer dry skin; scratching problem solved by: amiga I have a schnauzer and two yorkies.

One day recently I was in Petsmart and talking to the man who does the dog training classes. I know him and we were just yakking "dogs". I had my female yorkie and mentioned her problem to him. I squirt it one time on her food one time daily. Her skin and coat has completely reversed itself to being healthy again in about weeks. She hasn't been scratching; the skin is way less dry; the coat is shiny again and the natural oils are back. What a blessing!

Mar 02, Rating Skin problems by: Anonymous My dog has the same problem she is 6 yrs. Apparently, its allegies. Also, one flea can be a great problem especially if they already have skin issues. Good Luck! Feb 18, Rating Thining She also lost hair and scratched.

Maybe find out if it is something more specific allergy to get treatment. Just a thought. I have a two and a half year old mini schnauzer. He keeps getting skin problems, especially in hotter, drier seasons which is a problem because we live in a tropical country. He usually has redness on his armpit area, that also sometimes forms whiteish scabs that come off if you itch them. He also has developed a small bald spot around his lower back nearing his tail.

My vet has given me a shampoo for skin problems to help. They often disappear after a few weeks of showers, but always end up coming back. Robby, hair loss is a symptom of seminomas, but I am not sure about the appetite. At this point I would be most worried that the tumor had become neoplastic and the appetite was due to metastatic cancer. Is he losing weight? The eldest was adopted at almost 2 yrs, with undescended testicles.

He had surgery. Pathology showed seminoma. He had a beautiful thick, lush coat which started coming out in clumps. There were white appearing plugs at the skin side tips, which I assumed was skin. His coat looks a bit raggedy, is very thin in comparison and seems dry and brittle. I recently had him worked up with full series of bloodwork since his appetite became rather intense but only at meal time. The constant shedding is driving me a little nuts especially given this was never an issue.

Thank you! My one year old australian shepherd has been itching excessively all over her body. I have checked her for fleas and I haven't seen any indication of them, I also don't see any dry skin that could be the cause. Every time she scratches herself I find large chunks of her fur that have fallen out but I don't see any bald spots on her.

Ros, have you taken her to your vet? It sounds like a simple case of ringworm of demodectic mange. If so it will clear up with medication. Take her in as soon as you can. The only change in her diet has been to add Pro Fibre as she has had problems with her anal glands in the past. Serdar, if it happened overnight it is usually associated with itching.

Have your dog checked for mange by your vet. Lisa, have you taken your dog to the vet to have his thyroid levels rechecked after medication. The dose may be too low. He should have stopped by now unless he is blowing his winter coat. But it doesn't look like a patch it looks more like balding and it happened over a night.

My female jack skier has a thick coat in her head and body her bum end is bald. What could be cause. Sanket, can you be more specific? Do you know what is causing the disease?

What does it look like? Dee, you really need to take him to your local vet. Based on your description he may have demodectic mange and a secondary infection. Easy to heal up if treated properly. Shirley, have your dog examined and his thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism is a much more common cause of pattern hair loss that Cushings. My 4 year old Male Terrier mix has been losing hair at an alarming rate.

It looks like a systematic lose as though we shaved him on his belly and underside of his neck. He has no other symptoms at all. Is on a healthy raw food diet, with supplements and fish oil. Can this be Cushings? It sounds like your dog has a chronic skin infection, probably yeast, but it is impossible to tell without an exam and a skin scraping.

If this information is not helpful, and your chihuahua is still suffering, please see your local vet. I have a blue nose chihuahua about 6 years old he has lost hair from top of head all the way down to his tail but not the tail. We moved fromone part.

Of Georgia to another part of Georgia for 2 months and he seemed to be improving but had to move back and now he is getting worse. Karla, without seeing her and having more info I cannot help. You need to take her to your local vet. Becci, losing hair above the tail like that is usually fleas, but since your dog is bleeding and has an odor she probably has an infection.

She really needs to be seen by your local vet. My dog has been losing hair above her tail now its bleeding and she also has a odor that smells bad what should i do. Sarah, I cannot contriubute any more than you already know from your local vet.

It sounds like they have done a good job looking into the problem so hopefully it will resolve with the treatment they are recommending. I hope things clear up with the hypoallergenic diet trial. I am hoping you can help! My Penny Lane is an eight year old pitbull mix.

Extremely healthy except for recent increase in ALT levels which we have pretty much assumed due to a change in dry food brand. So started her on a home cooked meal white fish, egg, veg, rice with added fish oil, yogurt and milk thistle.

Dropped ALT levels by points in 1 month so now only 5 points above the top of the range. Did her T test bloodwork and it is on the low end of the normal range. In the meantime out of nowhere these spots started to show up. Started in her face and head and now a few on her back and haunches. They are not itchy for her, they are not moist or weeping at all. They are however dry and some are flaky.

Not contagious to our other dog, not fleas or mange. We have started a complete hypoallergenic food to try and heal from the inside out. I am still adding fish oil, milk thistle and yogurt. Embleton-Kane, a 9 year old Bernese Mountain Dog is already a senior. I have seen hair loss in geriatric dogs, usually diagnosed when everything else is ruled out, so it is a possibility. If the hair loss is not growing, not causing the dog any discomfort, then you need to decide whether or not to even mess with it.

You can take him to a vet with a dermatology specialty but is it worth it to the dog? I have a bernese neutered male, 9 years old. He has a small patch of hair loss. No fleas, mites or scabies, the skin is not inflamed or sore. It is just there. Food is the same as it has been most of his life, so no changes in diet, he gets bathed and groomed when needed by a good dog groomer. Any ideas, If like myself he is loosing hair due to age no probs. I have a husky she is lost her hair and i do not know what to do i have sprays her pin and put a flea chord on her and she still lost hair i try to give her a flea bath.

Most major metro areas now have mobile vet clinics too so if it is a problem to take your dog to the vet you can have someone come by. I have a 6year old x husky malmute. For past 3 month my dog has a bald patch on his back were his tail sits. He don't scratch it but if u touch it it is sensitive and were hair is missing his skin is dark in color.

Wat could b cause of this and wat can I do. Hi Tex thanks but I am semi-retired and spend most of my days with my dogs, horses, sheep, etc. Have you seen a dermatologist at your state vet college? That is usually your best option if the local vets have not been able to figure out your GPs skin disease. If you do make an appointment, make sure that you take everything that he has been on so that they will have a better idea where to start.

I hope things work out for him. How do we reach you Dr. Would like to discuss in detail about my dog's hair loss. Happily willing to pay you for your time.

We've seen many different vets and specialists for our great pyrenees who is losing hair slowly but surely. He's been on thyroid medication and supplements, homeopathic remedies, raw food diets, etc. He is still losing hair. Hoping to try something else, and would like your feedback.

Bivi, if this is not a problem for the dog I would just igore it. It may or may not go away. I have a dog with a spot of alopecia similar to this on her back secondary to a case of mange she had when I got her.

The skin was damaged, the follices were destroyed. Over time it is less noticeable, may even contract like scar tissue. After a visit to the vet, my 5 month old Australian Shepard got a shot and a topical spray for two hotspots. The spot on her hip has made progress and has pretty much returned to normal, but the one on her leg still hasnt regrown any hair although she has not been licking or biting at it.

Should i be concerned about this, or any recommendations for getting the hair to grow back? Hannah, I am not sure which of those spot on products you used, but sure your dog can be allergic to the product. Unfortuately they soak in and there is no way to get it out. You can try to bathe her more frequently with a shampoo like pyoben but there might be problems from removing too many of the oils from the coat, so that is not a perfect solution.

The only thing you can do is wait for the product to disappear and then not use it again. Hopefully the hair will come back in after the product is out of her system. Could they be what caused this itching and her hair to fall out?? Caleb, if he is not itching at all my first choice would be to try and treat him for dry skin. You can use the dietary changes and other supplements listed here and see how he does.

My puppy is almost a year old. He is not itching or digging at his skin. I have noticed that when he gets a scratch from playing outside or with other dogs the skin around it looks flaky. His diet, energy levels, attitude, bowl movements, thirst has not changed. Any suggestions? Charlotte, you may be correct in worrying about a yeast problem but there is something else going on here. I would be most concerned about a hormonal problem, like hypothyroidism. You need to take him to see you vet to have his skin examined and have a blood test for thyroid hormones.

Shadowcat, if the itching really is intense the first thing you should think of is sarcoptic mites. They can be treated pretty easily now but you do need to take him to your regular vet for an exam first. The scaling sounds like a secondary yeast infection but it would not cause intense itching. He is biting his hair out. At the site, the skin has a dry scaly brown coating.

It also scabs up like big clumps of dead skin. He's on flea medication, and I use a flea comb daily to watch for signs of them; there are none. The remainder of his body looks completely healthy with plush shiny coat. Please, any ideas? I have a Siberian Husky that has black scaly skin with loss hair on his tail and hind legs.

He was shaven because he needed surgery but that was 3 years ago. It hasn't grown back and now I am seeing loose patches around his neck, under his belly and on his rear back. They look like black dots. I use to only bathe him once a month but I believe he may have a skin infection?

I have just started to bathe him with antifungal shampoo to see if it's a Yeast infection 3 times a week. He doesn't scratch or bite himself at all. Any other suggestion for me would help. Thank you so much!! Jane, the most likely cause of the situation you are describing is flea allergy dermatitis. You might not even see the fleas, but some dogs, like your Pit, are so sensitive that they will bite and chew until the skin is bleeding.

Carefully examine the skin under the hair around the tailhead. If you find a black speck of dirt, drop it onto a wet paper towel. If the towel turns red, that black speck of dirt is actually flea poo, and that red is blood from your dog.

Your pup will need to be put on a very potent flea medication. The best products are only sold through your vet. Call up the vet you visit and ask if they sell them over the counter, but if not you may need to pay for an office call. If you do not find any flea dirt have your dog examined by the vet and checked for sarcoptic mange.

That type of mange itches, a lot, and dogs are in pain. Our dog is a 3 yr old pit. He constantly bits his tail around his tail and his back right above the tail. He bites all his hair off and bites until he has his skin bleeding and tail swolen. Now i noticed swelling in his back legs and feet. Its gotten so swolen he had problems walking. There are several possiblities with a 14 year old dog. Your vet should look at the dog since her hair loss might be in a pattern that would indicate hypothyroidism.

This can be treated. It is also possible that your dog has thinning hair as a side effect of aging. This is not definite, and you really should have her looked at before deciding that this is the problem. She's not scratching much but is losing clumps of hair on both sides of her body. I can see dry skin coming off with the clumps. I've bathed her with oatmeal shampoo and brush her regularly but so far no good. Can you help? Erin, it is possible that the thinning hair is due to hookworms, but it would be from a generalized run-down condition, and all over the body.

If she is losing hair only in one area, a pattern baldness, you should have her examined.