Heartwarming to see him making such a good recovery. That must have been very painful for him to endure. Poor chap.

Thank you. I'll look for the products. I'm giving him Vitamin C, peroxide + borax, BARF diet, lavender e.o. He's been in a bad way for a long time.

Aw, so pleased he is still doing well with his treatment.

Well done Coles! Just look at the difference in him, he is bound to be feeling a lot more comfortable now

Congratulations on finding the root cause too, it must be quite a relief to see some improvement, from your POV too.

He is looking really good.

My vets have told me that demodectic mange is brought on by stress, that is the mites are able to get hold and do damage because the body can't fight them off. My present foster dog has a heart murmer and was a puppy mill stud, spent his life in a cage, had bad flea infestation and ear infections. Do you know what brought on Cole's bout with the mites? Food allergies, another problem? Obviously he is living in a loving home.

Poor dog

The treatment for the demodex mites is panomec. I could not remember the name before

Please let me know how he goes and I hope the products help him.

For Coles it is because he has a dust mite allergy. He was also on steroids and his age is against him. This all contributes to weakening the immune system. Thus, demodex mites can over run on any dogs skin due to a weakened immune system.

Coles has no food allergies whatsoever. He's on the hypoallergenic diet purely for his skin. He does really well on it.

Stress can also weaken the immune system, so your vet may be right. What treatment is he on for demodex mites?

Thanks. I’m so so pleased with his progress. He so much happier and lively. He's like a totally different dog!

hi my saint bernard has the same problem due to vet not doing a skin scrap what treatment are you useing ,

hi my saint bernard has the same problem ,the vet was treating for allergys and dident do a skin test ...i just wondered how long and what treatment you was useing for your dog?

sorry new to all this just read your reply about treatment .we are useing the same products ..did ypur dog have sticky damp skin all the time? during treatment?