Hair loss in my doberman?

Were the eye boogers green? My dobe has seasonal allergies which can lead to sinus infections/green eye boogies...few days of generic anti-histamine from the vet (which tends to knock him out for a good 4 hour nap) seems to work well for him. If your dober girl has the green goobers and a skin rash, it makes me think a few things:

1. Perhaps she has seasonal allergies and/or an allergy to grass. Has she been spending time lying around on the lawn or passing through tall grasses/weeds? Sounds like something she has physically come in contact with as it sounds like it has mainly been confined to her underparts.

2. Perhaps she has seasonal allergies and a food allergy which could be related to the grain in the food (or the alfalfa & kelp if she does have a grass allergy). Try switching her to a grain-free kibble.

3. Maybe it's not the food...could it be her shampoo?...her flea control?...carpet freshener?....chiggers?....washed her bed in a new detergent?....

Hope things clear up soon for your girl. Best of luck!

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Hair loss in my doberman?

My female (16month) red doberman is losing patches of fur. We switched foods to a different flavor within the same line and about two weeks following she broke out with a rash on her belly and chest. That cleared up within a day and then she started losing fur on her chest. This was not regular...

It defiantly sounds like an allergy of some type. It is possible she has been suffering a mild allergy to something for a while and an allergy to something in the food pushed it over the top. Your vet may need to do allergy testing to determine what she is allergic to.

Red's aren't prone to alopecia in Dobermans it is generally linked to diluted colors (blue and fawn) and is not associated with the rash you are describing.

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Can you think of anything else that might be different since the rash started or any places you went to out of the ordinary? It does sound like an allergic reaction. Well you are doing the right thing by going to the vet on Tuesday. I hope they figure this out for you:)

They will probably do a skin scraping at the rash site to diagnose or rule out mange. She's on a pretty good food, but, might not be the right food for her.

it could be allergies. but sometimes it is natural.my cuzins dogs has hair loss, the vet says its normal. but just incase have a vet check up on it to make sure.

i have this problem too.. i started with beef pro for puppies,, then switched to holistic for puppy, coz beef pro was not available that time.. then my dobe just started to shed fur...

She needs to go to the vet now!