My nearly 2 year Lab is shedding hair so much that his stomach is nearly bald and his legs look very moth eaten and very thin hair at the top of his legs. He is not scratching, well rarely and the skin is not dry or inflamed. Any ideas?
Re: Black Lab losing hair No experience and not come across it under discussion...I'll be interested to hear thoughts . I'm sorry it's happening x
Re: Black Lab losing hair My first thoughts would be parasites? Has he been wormed and flea treated regularly? Definitely a trip to he vets with that amount of hair loss.
Re: Black Lab losing hair There are no signs of parasites, no visible signs and no scratching. As you know, I don't do flea treatments unless I saw a flea, but he is due for worming, so maybe I will use a spot on wormer that does parasites as well just to rule them out, so thanks Heidrun. Have just spent £300.00 on death of GSP and OH reluctant to spend more at vets!
Re: Black Lab losing hair What a worry - hope you get to the bottom of it. Might it still be parasites though, even if you can't see anything? I thought I read somewhere that some mites are microscopic, and can cause different types of mange.
Re: Black Lab losing hair Having worked for a vet many moons ago, it doesn't look like either Demodectic or Sarcoptic mange.
Re: Black Lab losing hair May be worth having blood tests done for thyroid problems, hairloss is one of the symptoms. Could also be that it's stress related if he's just lost his GSP mate?
Re: Black Lab losing hair Unfortunately the hair loss started before her death. But maybe he was stressed before as she was very much the pack leader
Re: Black Lab losing hair i use flee and worm treatment every month and have done from him being 8 weeks old,.....my vet told me if you dont use the flee treatment, they are very likely to get flees,......why do you not use treatment
Re: Black Lab losing hair I don't need to use flea treatment as in forty years of dog owning I have only seen one flea on one dog! I don't believe in putting unnecessary chemicals into my dogs' bodies if there is no need to do so.
