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Canine hair loss

I have a border collie/australian shepard. She is 9 years old and is very healthy and happy. Lately I have noticed that her fur has been dull and feels dry to the touch. She has had hot spots on her back, but have cleared up thanks to a topical natural ingedient foam that I applied. Now that the hot spots have cleared up, I have noticed substantial hair loss on her hind legs and tail. She is still itchy, but no new hot spots have appeared. I have her on Revolution, so fleas shouldn't be a problem. She is not losing hair in spots, it is all-over thinning and it is quite noticeable. I am a college student and have limited funds, so I am hoping that this problem isn't too serious. Are you familiar with this problem? Is there a vitamin deficiency (if so, which one?), or is it more serious?

•   Amy Perez says:

  November 27th, 2008 at 09:11 PM

  It sounds like she has some allergies. The place in which you described the hair loss are the places in which dogs who have flea allergies have hair loss. You can apply your Revolution every 3 weeks if she has flea allergies. All it takes is 1 flea bite to make them itch for 2 weeks. They are actually allergic to the fleas saliva. I hope this helps. In the mean time you can give her 2 plain Benaryl 25mg tablets up to twice a day to help releave the allergies and itching. Otherwise I would take her to a dermatologist.

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