What are good ways to remedy a dogs dry skin?

She looks like she has dandruf.|||This is often due to feeding a lesser quality food. Read your food%26#039;s ingredients. There should be meat first and no corn or by-products. You can add safflower oil or salmon oil to the dogs food.





Another cause is bathing too frequently or not getting all the shampoo rinsed out when you bathe.|||Dry skin this time of year is usually due to overbathing. Dogs don%26#039;t need regular baths, and washing them every week (or even every other week) will dry out their skin and lead to other problems, such as hot spots or infections. Unless your dog went out and got really dirty, cut back on the bathing.





Diet goes a long way in caring for your dog%26#039;s skin and coat. You can add a little corn or sunflower oil to their water, or pour a little bacon grease over their food (do it in moderation, or you%26#039;ll end up with a dog with diahirrea). I also give my dogs raw eggs - the protein is great for them and it keeps their skin and coats conditioned. Chicken broth, fat scraps and other high quality protein will help.





If the condition is chronic, or the dog seems to be really itching and irritated, you may also be seeing a problem with fleas. Dogs with dry skin are more likely to have fleas than dogs with healthy coats. Keep an eye out for additional problems that may need to be treated as well.|||First, perhaps a visit to the vet might be in order, your dog could have flea allergies, beef allergies are common in dogs, you could be over bathing your dog, or it could be your doggie shampoo - an Oatmeal based shampoo is more gentle on the skin, but I would certainly have your dog vet checked to rule out any of the many other causes of dry skin in dogs.|||First, make sure you are feeding a superior quality dog food like Innova, Canidae, Blue Buffalo, etc...NOT Purina, Iams, Beneful or anything else you can pick up at the grocery. Switching to a top notch food made a dramatic improvement in the coat/skin of my doberman within just a few weeks.


Second, make sure you are not overbathing your dog. Once or twice a month should be plenty unless she happens to get particularly dirty out playing in between baths. Use a gentle shampoo and be sure to follow with conditioner.


If these things are not sufficient, you can try getting some salmon oil or flaxseed oil supplement to add to her food.


Good luck!|||My dog had that as a puppy too. In our case it was b/c we were bathing him to often and with the wrong shampoo. Dogs only need to be bathed about once a month. If he goes to the dog park in between we just rinse the dirt off him. They sell so many different kinds of shampoo at pet store some that have conditioner which will cut down on the dry skin.|||Go to the vet- there are several skin conditions that can look like this, and they are handled differently. Some are allergies, some are infectious, and some have to do with autoimmune disease.





It can be as easily a feeding the right food, and getting enough fatty acids into the diet.





But check with your vet before you do anything, so you know why it%26#039;s happening.|||well firstly how often are you bathing? if you are bathing more often that a week and a half you are drying out the skin. if you are like most dog owners and bathe twice a year than that%26#039;s not the problem. try getting some fish oil caplets for the dog. you can use the omega3/6 caps at the pet store or i use human grade ones i just give one a day for about a 35# dog. fish oil is rich in omega 3/6 oils and is excellent for skin hair and nails. that is the cheap fix. you can also bathe them in a soothing oatmeal bath. oatmeal is great for skin too. keep in mind all these are assuming that there is no underlying skin disease that needs to be adressed.|||Bathing too often will do it, as will a sensitivity to whatever shampoo you%26#039;re using.





My Shar-Pei could only have a bath every 2 weeks and we used a conditioning ALL NATURAL shampoo on her from a health-food store, or Arbonne%26#039;s Tea Tree Oil Shampoo.





Adding olive oil or safflower oil to her food will help too - from the inside! You only need 1-2 TB%26#039;s every other day, depending on how big your dog is.





Feeding your dog a couple raw chicken wings (some added fat) will help too - just do that once a week or so.|||We have a foster dog here who came in with dandruff. I put some vegetable oil or olive oil on his food every day and his skin is almost flake free now. A bath in a good shampoo is a good start. I have never tried the doggie hot oil treatments, but would bet that would also help her skin recover.|||I use Alaskan Salmon Oil in our dogs food and then only bathe them once every couple months(unless they get dirty and need another bath) with a good shampoo. The one that I use is a medicated Oatmeal with Tea Tree Oil in it. Their skin and coats are very soft.|||The best thing to use is a oatmeal base wash. This is what i use on my dog, she has really dry skin looks like dandruf. But only use that. Other dog washes will dry out their skin. Try Avino oatmeal. It may be for humans, but it does wonders!|||She is worth while to take to the vet and ask his advice on that one. Don%26#039;t risk getting an inferior product. You would not want to rub something on to her to which she has or might have an allergy, would you?|||only bath dogs 3-4 times a year or 1 time every 3 months also go to like pets smart your feeders suply and get som formulatd dog shampoo