@seun @mayorall and others! I need your help with my 8months old gsd 1)I travelled for about a month+when I came back I noticed my dog has his hair falling but it doesn't look like its loosing his hair ***so I decided to call my vet and he said he is changing his hair that's why ***last week I noticed he has a sore on his skin so I took him to d vet's house and he gave him injection and rubbed it with something **days after it started healing****but this evening I noticed his two back legs are pink and like it has small small sore on it! Now my questions are 1)is there anything called (a dog changing his hair 2)what can I give him for his leg (tho will take him back to his vet ttoday)***3)is it because my younger brother bath him llast up to a month now?

italent101:
@seun @mayorall and others! I need your help with my 8months old gsd 1)I travelled for about a month+when I came back I noticed my dog has his hair falling but it doesn't look like its loosing his hair ***so I decided to call my vet and he said he is changing his hair that's why ***last week I noticed he has a sore on his skin so I took him to d vet's house and he gave him injection and rubbed it with something **days after it started healing****but this evening I noticed his two back legs are pink and like it has small small sore on it! Now my questions are 1)is there anything called (a dog changing his hair 2)what can I give him for his leg (tho will take him back to his vet ttoday)***3)is it because my younger brother bath him llast up to a month now?

I think your dog is shedding and you have nothing to worry about provided you are feeding him well.

oluomoadebayo:


I think your dog is shedding and you have nothing to worry about provided you are feeding him well.

thanks bro what about d pink on his legs and d pink has some spots like sore

italent101:
thanks bro what about d pink on his legs and d pink has some spots like sore

nothing to worry about.

Yes, German Shepherds are known for shedding hair but I don't think sore-like spots are normal.
Can you upload a picture of the spots? What did your vet doctor say about the spots? Also, what do you feed him?

Seun:
Yes, German Shepherds are known for shedding hair but I don't think sore-like spots are normal.
Can you upload a picture of the spots? What did your vet doctor say about the spots? Also, what do you feed him?

I usually have the sore like experience with my male dog and it disappears in days. I think it's caused by the hard surface floor the dog are sleeping on and during shedding no hair to protect the area.

oluomoadebayo:
I usually have the sore like experience with my male dog and it disappears in days. I this its caused by the hard surface floor the dog are sleeping on and during shedding no hair to protect the area.

This makes sense, but I feel it will be safer for the OP to upload pics so we can be 100% sure it's the same kind of sore.
If it's the same kind of sore then we can advise him to provide soft surfaces for his dogs to sleep on during this period.

oluomoadebayo:

nothing to worry about.

okay thanks so much

Seun:

This makes sense, but I feel it will be safer for the OP to upload pics so we can be 100% sure it's the same kind of sore.
If it's the same kind of sore then we can advise him to provide soft surfaces for his dogs to sleep on during this period.

will do that now

oluomoadebayo:


I usually have the sore like experience with my male dog and it disappears in days. I this its caused by the hard surface floor the dog are sleeping on and during shedding no hair to protect the area.

yea his cage is cemented

italent101:
yea his cage is cemented

Post the picture as advised and you can spread sawdust to the surface for the time being.

Aa

oluomoadebayo:


Post the picture as advised and you can spread sawdust to the surface for the time being.

that's it

Seun:

This makes sense, but I feel it will be safer for the OP to upload pics so we can be 100% sure it's the same kind of sore.
If it's the same kind of sore then we can advise him to provide soft surfaces for his dogs to sleep on during this period.

that's d picture

You dog has mange,
You need to get some stuff for mange from ur vets store and have ur vet deworm him,in severe cases he will be placed on antibiotic.

BOUNTYDOG:
You dog has mange,
You need to get some stuff for mange from ur vets store and have ur vet deworm him,in severe cases he will be placed on antibiotic.

will take him there tomorrow thanks

BOUNTYDOG:
You dog has mange,
You need to get some stuff for mange from ur vets store and have ur vet deworm him,in severe cases he will be placed on antibiotic.

I would love to ask some questions 1)hope d mange won't damage his skin 2)how many days will it take to heal after drugs 3)what's the main cause of the infection

italent101:
I would love to ask some questions 1)hope d mange won't damage his skin 2)how many days will it take to heal after drugs 3)what's the main cause of the infection

Did you bath him recently with any chemicals?

oluomoadebayo:


Did you bath him recently with any chemicals?

no like a month now ***should have taken his bath last week when I came bk**but weather was cold and it was raining but the vet asked me to bring him today to take his bath

italent101:
no like a month now ***should have taken his bath last week when I came bk**but weather was cold and it was raining but the vet asked me to bring him today to take his bath

The vet knows better but for me I won't worry a bit. You can kernel oil and rob the dog with it.

oluomoadebayo:


The vet knows better but for me I won't worry a bit. You can kernel oil and rob the dog with it.

thanks! Sent u a pm

italent101:
thanks! Sent u a pm

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