>Has anyone had to deal with this? >We look Loki into the vet yesterday and the vet looked over him, did a >skin scrap and found the Demodex mites on him.
He was having skin problems, Demodex no less, and she gave him shots? It's been a while since I went to vet school but personally if a dog is having any current health issues, I'd would generally think twice about throwing a whole bunch of vaccines in him. You don't want to lower any possible immune response, particularly Demodex where that is a known contributor to the problem. Pretty much all dogs carry some Demodex, it's not uncommon to see small outbreaks around the eyes or legs in young dogs around puberty. It's when you have a more wide-spread generalized outbreak that it can really be a concern. Generally those are the cases where you use Mitaban, it's usually considered overkill for the more localized outbreaks. If your dog does have the generalized form, it is very important you never breed him, as this is a disease with a known genetic component. Of course, I am very much of proponent of neutering and spaying any way. ;-) Hope he's feeling better soon! --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
