I have always described Barney as my yellow border collie. He actually is more identified in books as a tan border collie and there are actually small hits of the redbrown in his color. He received a bath of oatmeal shampoo on Sunday of last week and then immediately went over to his viewing area and rolled in the dirt. He has developed his skin allergy early this year. We treat him year round with dog food for skin and hair and to the most part it is nonexistent except during the hot summer months. Laying on dried grass or in the dirt must bring it on for him.
He is on an allergy tablet but eventually nothing works. He starts scratching at his belly to relieve some of his itching. We are going to try to give him a bath weekly, at least his belly and legs with the shampoo to help heal it. The vet says we need to rinse off whatever he is picking up from the yard that makes him have the allergy.
I now brush him daily and sometime twice a day trying to get this skin back into good condition. He doesn't have fleas as our little dog gets them immediately when he has them and eventually we get bit by the small dogs fleas. That has happened only once since we had Barney. It just isn't a flea problem and I am glad.
In this photo he is barking at a reclining yellow and white cat in the neighbor's yard. The cat really isn't impressed with his barking.
3 comments:
Barney is adorable. So sorry about his skin problems. That's funny that the neighbor cat is not impressed by his barking!!! Have a blessed Sunday.
Oh, poor itchy dog! He is beautiful, though! I love his long fluffy fur. And it's his job to bark at the cats! ha.
I wonder what he is allergic to?? The neighbor dog Odda is plagued with what they call "Hot spots" she breaks out and gets real sore. Will he go into a kiddie pool in your yard? Chance is in and out of his all day long:)
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