Teeka has red sores..Allergies?

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We moved to Texas from California a year ago..since then my sheltie, Teeka, has been getting red flakey sores all over her belly and back. I've taken her to different vets tons of time and spent thousands on different medications. Our next step is a Dog Dermatologist for an allergy test...

I know Texas is pretty bad for allergies (well, so I am now hearing...) and was wondering if anyone else has seen sores like this. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I just want my baby better....

I never see her scratch/bite/lick at her sores...but I do work full time so she could possibly be doing it when I am not around...they don't seem to be bothering her or hurting her...but it does look like there could be a little bit of hair loss where the red sores are.

If it is allergies, she always almost immediately gets a bacterial skin infection (Staph) as well.

Some medications she has been on:
Zenequin & Temaril-P....which cleared everything up for about a month or two then it came back.
Baytril
Benedryl
Cephalexin
She is on Hydroxyzine Pamote now and finished her prescription of Simplicef 2 weeks ago.

She has also had Vetalog/Steroid injections as well.

She is also eating Evo small bites Turkey & Chicken
and being bathed once a week with Vet Solutions Sebazole shampoo.

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Thank you so much for any help you can provide!
 
Welcome! I'm sorry Teeka is suffering from allergies.

How long has she been eating Evo? You might want to try a limited ingredient food. She may have food allergies. Wellness produces "simple" and Blue Buffalo has "blue basics."

Since Teeka currently eats poultry, try fish or lamb.

My Maltese had very bad allergies. No medicine worked, but when we transitioned her to a limited ingredient food, all her allergies clered up.
 
take4roll10 said:
Welcome! I'm sorry Teeka is suffering from allergies.

How long has she been eating Evo? You might want to try a limited ingredient food. She may have food allergies. Wellness produces "simple" and Blue Buffalo has "blue basics."

Since Teeka currently eats poultry, try fish or lamb.

My Maltese had very bad allergies. No medicine worked, but when we transitioned her to a limited ingredient food, all her allergies clered up.
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Max suffers with allergies, watch that cortisone it can cause pancreatitus! Try royal canin hypo allergetic food (prescription) temperol p low does, and atopika is what finally worked wirh Max he is also on omegas, chinese herbs, probiotics and quercitin. It doesn' t happen overnit, actually it took 3 years because he was a rescue and we had no information. Maybe you will be lucky and it will will work with just food but if not this is my allergist and my plan:) good luck, stick with it.
 
My Gypsy had allergies and she would get sores on her belly, tail, outer thighs and hind end. She was eventually diagnosed with Chronic Staph as well. I think it is a good idea to go to the Dermatologist, that is what we did. You spend so much money going back and forth to vet it is best to go with a specialist for allergies.

You may want to check thyroid if you haven't already first.
 
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