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Submitted by averaste on March 12, 2012 - 12:43pm

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my baby is almost 4 he has always had allergy problems but this is new it looks like his hair is thining and his skin looks dark he was to the vet last week they put a black light on him and nothing showed up he is taking cyclosporine for the last 2 weeks but this started before the new medicine. does anyone have any clue

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here is another picture my

Submitted by averaste on March 12, 2012 - 12:53pm.

here is another picture my hubby says he is just shedding because the warm weather but for some reason i dont think so

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Seasonal Flank Alopecia

Submitted by onslowsmom on March 12, 2012 - 1:10pm.

get him off the meds and put him in the sunshine or get him some melatonin. Not serious at all.

Example:

Article for you to read:

http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=53802

Also, I would seek out a vet that has a little more bulldog knowledge. They should have known that. :(

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I completely agree.

Submitted by AmyandSophia on March 12, 2012 - 1:15pm.

This is called Seasonal Flank Alopecia nad is caused by lack of natural sunlight during winter months. I would do as Lisa said, get him/her out in the sunshine more (but watch the heat, obviously) and possibly get them on Melatonin.

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Amy and Sophia

3 votes for "Seasonal Flank Alopecia"

Submitted by RARett on March 12, 2012 - 3:10pm.

That's exactly how Gizmo's sides look - now that we can trust her through out the house when we arent home, she's been laying in the sunbeams :) so we are hoping it gets better - When we had her kenneled, it was in the middle of the house, didnt want the sun beating in on her.

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I havent tried the melatonin yet -

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thanks for sharing the

Submitted by averaste on March 12, 2012 - 3:53pm.

thanks for sharing the pictures its the same we are going out

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my boxer always had this, and i never knew what it was but

Submitted by KarenandRocco on March 15, 2012 - 11:36pm.

it only showed up in the winter, and then would disappear in spring!

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thanks will do so glad my guy

Submitted by averaste on March 12, 2012 - 3:52pm.

thanks will do so glad my guy does not have anything seriously wrong i was so worried

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a million thanks that is it

Submitted by averaste on March 12, 2012 - 3:51pm.

a million thanks that is it wow you all are super great its 79 we are going outside now

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I don't necessarily agree w/ Alopecia...because it's

Submitted by Deb and MacKenz... on March 12, 2012 - 5:40pm.

also all over his back. Alopecia is typically on the dogs sides not all over the body. Did the vet do a skin scraping for staph or demodex? A dog with demodex can look like this. What was he looking for with a black light?

not sure what he was looking

Submitted by averaste on March 13, 2012 - 7:46am.

not sure what he was looking for he asked if we have other animals we dont. he did a scrapping last year when he had bumps but not this time this is not red and no odor should i request a scrapping

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Staph or Demodex

Submitted by Deb and MacKenz... on March 13, 2012 - 6:12pm.

does not always have any odor. I would suggest a skin scraping, just to rule either of those out.

What re you feeding? Have you considered changing food or have you tried other foods. Does he get thick red goop in his ears?

Do you feed a Salmon oil or somekind of supplement with Omega 3 & 6.

he is on taste of the wild

Submitted by averaste on March 14, 2012 - 7:57am.

he is on taste of the wild salmon his ears are always goopy i have tried every grain free food i can find in oklahoma i do not give supplements how much would he get he is 70 lbs

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Seasonal alopecia....

Submitted by Micki Jablonski on March 13, 2012 - 4:45pm.

.....and maybe something else coincidentally going on at the same time. The side baldness with black skin looks like the seasonal alopecia, but I agree with Deb that it would not be on the back. I don't know what demodex looks like, but I'd suggest a thyroid test. Good luck.

Agree Thyroid test

Submitted by Deb and MacKenz... on March 13, 2012 - 6:14pm.

wouldn't hurt to rule that out as well.

I will ask them to do a

Submitted by averaste on March 14, 2012 - 8:00am.

I will ask them to do a scraping and thyroid test the vet actually said i would test him for thyroid this is the age it starts showing but then he did not test him. thank you

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What is he taking

Submitted by Deb and MacKenz... on March 12, 2012 - 5:47pm.

Cyclosporine for?

he is always itchy and his

Submitted by averaste on March 13, 2012 - 7:44am.

he is always itchy and his ears are always bad even though we clean them every other day

he just suffers and throws himself on the floor and rubs his ears

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