Hey Katlyn!

You may find it helpful to alkalize your dog's drinking water; do this by adding 1 teaspoon baking soda to 1 liter or drinking water and have this be her only source of drinking water. Use 1 teaspoon/liter for 7 days; drop down to 1/2 teaspoon/1 liter for an additional 7 days, and then reduce to 1/4 teaspoon/liter as a maintenance dose. To deal with the lesions on the skin/itchy skin, try dipping her in Ted's mange remedy, or Ted's anti-fungal/anti-staph remedy; even a baking soda rinse will help if you cannot do the dips. Supplementing with Yucca may also help reduce inflammation. Also consider everything that your dog dog takes my mouth; grocery store treats are often very bad, filled with red food dyes, extra sugar and salt. Avoid giving your dog any treats except for natural treats or those made with quality ingredients.

Try those tips and please report back!

Hi!

I am having similar issues with one of our dogs. I love Theresa's suggestions about alkalizing and yucca for inflammation. I have similarly spent lots of money at the vet for a dog who is constantly getting sores along his spine and sides and scratching his elbows and chest and chewing his paws. My dog is now on a limited ingredient diet (meaning 1 protein, not mixed with other proteins). It hasn't really made a difference, so I have ruled out that it's a food allergy. Chicken and fowl by the way, are highly inflammatory, so best to avoid them.

Other things that have been helping my dog:

• Fish oil 2x a day
• Probiotics - human grade
• Vitamin c once a day
• Turmeric once or twice a day (I bought capsules and put one in a Pill Pocket before I feed him his breakfast to hide the taste). Don't give turmeric on an empty stomach - they will spit it up! Turmeric will help prevent skin infections from the licking.

I also shampoo once or twice a week with oatmeal shampoo, rinse it out, then follow with another shampoo with selsun blue medicated shampoo. Leave the selsun blue medicated on the skin for a few minutes if possible. Our holistic vet suggested doing an apple cider vinegar rinse (50 Apple Cider Vinegar to 50 water) after the selsun blue and having our dog stand in the Apple Cider Vinegar/water for a few minutes while I keep pouring the ACV mixture over his back. I make sure to keep my dog in a warm area or in a room with a heater for several hours after bathing in cold weather.

To prevent my dog from chewing at his paws: I found a large piece of fresh aloe at Whole Foods and apply that once or twice a day. It's so bitter he won't chew them! Helps with itchiness along the spine too. Very cooling to the skin. I store my piece in the fridge. A huge leaf costs about $3 and lasts a week or two.

Yesterday I started my dog on Ted's borax in water protocol, thanks to a suggestion from Theresa months ago that I never got around to trying because he was on a serious round antibiotics for MRSA, which had gone undiagnosed for months and months. That's 1/8th teaspoon of borax in a liter of drinking water. All our pets are drinking this from their water bowls. I also started on the same borax protocol yesterday to see if there are side effects. So far, just a slight headache.

I have also ordered food grade diatomaceous earth and will dust all the pets when it arrives.

After two days on turmeric and borax (the 2 newest remedies I am trying after a year of skin issues), he is scratching less and smelling less yeasty.

Hope this helps a little. Please update us with how your furry baby is doing!