My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

She has large black scabs due to a loss of fur. We have a German Shepherd too so is it his fault? The scabs are getting worse and are really ugly! We went to the vet and he didn't know what it was. She losing hair. She is young. I'm worreied!

What is it? Cause and treatment

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

Use some fungicide on it, and demand the vet run a thyroid test. Pugs have major health issues within the breed at this time. I wouldn't suggest people buy them. They are wonderful sweet little dogs, but their health has plummeted in the last twenty years.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

It may be allergies. It sounds like she has "hot spots." I suggest going back to the vet and having them run a complete work up for allergies. Pugs a prone to having them and this will let you know what it may be and how to deal wih it. It could be anything from a food allergy, to house hold or even an allergy to dogs.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

It's possibly a flea allergy, a food allergy, or mange. Don;t be scared by the mange thought...Demodex isn't contagious to humans, is common and starts arounf the dogs face usually, base of tail and front legs. Does that sound about right? Could be a food allergy...I'd take him to the Vet, they can do a scraping to determine the cause...a change in diet and medicated baths could be in order. Lastly, if he has fleas, they could be bugging him to no end...Frontline and medicated baths would help...if I were you, I'd google images for mange on pugs, flea allergies and skin allergies...see if any of them look familiar...

Hope that helps...

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

The vet didn't know what it was and didn't attempt to treat it in any way? I'd go see another doctor. He should have at least tried a steroid shot or some pills for allergies.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

Well, in addition to medication and anything your vet finds, try switching to a really good food... find one that has NO grains or corn in it (oats are ok).

Purina, Pedigree, Science Diet, Alpo, Beneful are not what I'm talking about. Unfortunately, it is inexpensive to use poor quality ingredients, so the food isn't a good quality and they use things like corn and grains that do tend to cause skin/allergy problems in dogs (which may be what is going on with your pug)...

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_...

Look under the 4, 5, or 6 star foods. They are made with ingredients that are just a better quality. We use Natural Balance Duck and Potatoe, grain free allergy formula...

Hopefully this helps.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

There is a wide variety of things that could be affecting your Pug - ranging from mange to flea bites. The only way to be sure is to take your little Pug to the vet. The vet should be able to determine whether it could be allergies, mange, demodex mange, hot spots, or whatever it could be. It sounds like you may need to find a different vet.

It's rather difficult to find websites that have pictures of what mange looks like ... but I tried.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

Vets never investigate diets, however if they suggest a change of diet it is always something which they sell.

My dog did not have a skin problem, however she had other issues, consequently I have done a lot of research on diets.

Apparently the experts are now convinced that grain causes skin problems,digestive problems, diarrhoea and anal gland problems. The problems that grain causes are too numerous to list. I now give my dog a food that is based on fish and uses beet pulp as fibre.

Again a quote from the experts, they say that as well as grain we should exclude anything remotely connect to beef should be excluded together with dairy food. I now buy a product called Fish4dogs and her problems are long gone. Investigate the problems which are caused by including grain in your dog food and change their diets.

My pug with some repulsive skin problems. What is it? Cause and treatment!!! She has black scabs...?

Allergies, maybe hot spots. You can get stuff to put on them at a pet store or even walmart