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Previous Winners
Congratulations to the previous winners of our Question of the Month prize:
Question from peggy j.
Muffy was a rescue from a puppy mill at age 1. We’ve overcome many problems, but now we have 2 I’m not sure how to fix.
she itches and chews all the time like she has fleas, but there are no fleas. I do shampoo her with flea shampoo that I got when she did have fleas a year ago, and I did try switching to a conditioning shampoo for a while with no help. I bathe her about every 2 weeks because after a week she starts to stink.. strong dog odor, and after a week her scratching and chewing get...
Our vet answers:
My advice is to change the diet and use a diet for sensitive skin and you could administer vitamins for skin with omega 3 & 6 or vitamins with fish oil. Also you could try to useMalaseb shampoo for skin. See some information for product below:
Uses
For thetreatment and control of seborrhoeic dermatitis associated with Malassezia pachydermatis ....
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Congratulations to peggy j., who is the March winner of the
Question of the Month
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