hi any news on scooby

 

Hiya, I don't venture in her often so only just seen this.

He's still with us He seems OK in himself now, still snotty and all the vet keeps giving him is steroids, not sure what they're doing though apart from making him stink and his toilet habits have worsened so we're having to try and re train him with that issue. What he has started doing though is rubbing himself on the walls and the fence outside to the point where he's made himself bleed Don't know what all that's about!

 

poor thing im no vet but my dog used to scratch herself against our hallway wall(bloody artex) so my landlady gave her a bath with baby shampoo a couple of times and she stopped the scratching

 

it maybe a side effect of the drugs they are giving him, maybe makes him itch!

 

Could be anything I guess, we're looking at trying worming tablets and treating him for fleas to see if that helps, not sure about bathing him in case the shampoo stings with him having open wounds, I don't think he's scratching his face with his paws, I think he's doing it when he rubs on the walls as they're rough brick It scabs then ends up bleeding again when he's rubbed on something. I know the shampoo's mild but it might sting and it's not easy to avoid getting it on the sore bits as he wriggles a lot when he's washed, he's not too keen LOL

I'm not sure if labs are one of the breeds prone to eczema, so could be worth bathing him in some E45 stuff? I have Oilatum but think that will just end up making him all greasy. Sanex could be another one to try.

Can't have been nice having blood all over your artex! Hope she wasn't too badly scratched by it!