My 15 month old boxer looks like he's losing hair around his stomach and the back of his legs?

My pitbull was losing hair on her belly and behind her legs & armpits too. She also was losing some on the bottom of her neck and her eyelashes. I took her to my vet who said she thought it was food allergies because her symptoms (the location of the hair loss) were classic to food allergies. The insides of her ears were also slightly red/inflamed as well. I took her off of chicken, beef and soy for 7 weeks; the vet recommended 6 weeks, and fed her Solid Gold Hund-n-flocken with made with lamb (she loves it). During that time all her hair grew back. Then, after 7 weeks I gave her cooked chicken straight up. Well, she promptly puked it up and broke out in a rash on her tummy. No more chicken! I gave her some beef and she's fine. I notice she is sensitive to eggs as well; she gets bad gas and isn't as frisky which means she is probably not feelign too hot. It's a bummer though because chicken, chicken fat, and poultry fat are in pretty much everything, so watch out for that!

Well I own boxers as well and they do have issues with skin especially in certian states due to environment. A previous answerer stated they do medicated baths which are great, and steriods. Do not go the steriod route long term and to this person please make sure you dont use steriods long term unless you want your dog to suffer in the long run. Steriods are good to make a bad situation good. When your dog is very inflammed and in bad shape it helps get things under control so you can start fresh with your dog but if you continue to use steriods it decreases the efficiency and function of your dogs kidneys and liver. Some vets are all for steriods because it does help the problem and gets you out of their hair. Others know that it is bad long term and will let you know from the start. Boxers are also greatly known for having food allergies and the littleist thing can set their skin in a frenzie. You may want to try a hypoallergenic diet such as a venison and potato, duck and potato, rabbit and potato, kangaroo and potato, or fish and potato. The only thing is when you do a hypoallergenic diet it is the only thing you can feed your dog because like i said the smallest thing can irritate the skin. That means no people food, no treats, no rawhides. You can use the hypoallergenic diets canned foods and cut off slices and bake them to make hard crunchy treats that are hypoallergenic and use chews such as nylabones or kongs instead of rawhides. I do recommend you see your vet to help you along in this situation.

I own an 18 month old boxer and have had terrible problems with his skin. A vet finally diagnosed him with chronic inflamation of the hair folicles and we use a prescription shampoo once a week and he's on a very low-dose steriod.

It has made a huge difference. He's gone from looking sickly to being reallly beautiful.

Boxers are very prone to skin problems. You definitely need to consult a vet for this.

Beware of vets who try to write this off as alergies. My dog suffered unecessarily for months before we found a better doctor.

Maybe the stuff you're putting on him every other day is having a negative affect.

I have him checked, if some how he has mange it's catching to humans as well.

My guess is that he won't have the mange but as a human I'd hate to suffer through it.

Sounds like a hormone problem or something. Don't put anything else on the dog til you see a Vet.. Let the vet determine what is causing this on your animal.. Don't wait too long..