One of my chihuahua's is losing her hair. It is evenly patterned in the way it is falling out, around her neck on the sides and front, and on her head...except one dime sized spot on her hip. She is an inside dog as is our other chihuahua. The other dog has no hair loss. They eat the same foods, and pretty much live the same lives. She doesnt chew or scratch a lot...and the skin itself looks normal. She doesnt act any different. The hair loss has been gradual, maybe over the past 3-4 weeks. It started a few weeks before that actually, but we thought it was the collar she had on since it was just on her neck at that time. It wasnt until my husband came home from the hospital that we really noticed it, I guess cuz I hadnt really looked at her for several days.
Right now I just cant afford a 50 dollar vet visit..I am going to try to get her to a vet in the next 2 weeks though.
I was just wondering if anyone had experience with this. I tried to find info online, but nothing really fit.
In some breeds hair follicles in certain parts of the body become
progressively miniaturized, analogous to what occurs in male pattern
baldness in humans. It is most commonly seen in Dachshunds, Miniature Pinschers, and Chihuahuas.[2]
Affected areas become progressively more alopecic. The pattern of
hairlessness that results is somewhat breed-dependent and sex
dependent. In short-coated toy and miniature dogs, ventral neck,
ventral chest, ventral abdomen and inner thighs are affected. In males,
the pinnae (ear flaps) are affected. In Greyhounds, the thighs are affected as well as the ventral chest and abdomen. Our dog princess has that problem as well as a horrible problem with scratching spots raw. We changed her food to natural dog food and she has been fine ever since. I would suggest taking your puppy to the doctor to make sure it isn't cancer or any other serious thing. Then i would make sure they are eating organic or natural dog food. MY brother has his dog on is one he gets form the pet store I think it has Science Diet as it's name it has no gluten, flour products in it. Look for one with no flour or gluten. Ask the store ownr too they can suggest a couple different ones. Now if you are giving her can check your labels too make sure there is no wheat or glutem they do put it in the can food too. meme
Oh, and our dog Lady used to eat crayons. You can always tell by the rainbow they poo. And don't worry, today's are non-toxic, we asked the doctor and he said it should be ok, just try and hide them from her in the future.
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