Re: [Chihuahuas] Diagnosis of Color Dilution Alopecia CONFIRMED in Zoey. - Heather and Zoey

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:28:45 -0800

Hello Heather and Zoey,
I'm sooooooo sorry to hear of this.  I'm an "Herbalist" but not been doing it for a long period of time.  I will check through my notes and also contact my instructor who taught my classes to validate what I come up with and that it will work as well on a Chihuahua as on a human.  There HAS TO BE something.  What are you feeding her?  I feed Science Diet.......maybe you could get her the "Puppy Science Diet" that has a little more nutrition in it than for older doggies.  I would "not bathe" her unless it's really necessary, but IF I had to bathe her, I think I would use something like Johnson's Baby Shampoo that's made for human children.  It seems it would be much gentler.  I read that article, and it doesn't say that the hair never grows back.......just that it grows back slower.........it did say that it could possibly "not grow back", but it wasn't a "definite" so I'd keep positive and keep telling Zoey what a BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL she IS.......cause there's no such thing as "an ugly chihuahua".......even if they're bald they're still beautiful little babies.  I'm thinking that there has to be an herb or a vitamin that will stimulate the hair follicles and circulation around them.  I'll get back to you on this ~ just give me a bit of time to research it and confer with someone who's been doing Herbology much much longer than I have.  Give Zoey a hug for me.  Sash

Heather Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 Well We took Zoey back to the vet today cause my husband and I were noticing last night that she has hair loss mainly on her blue spots and someone mentioned that this may be a possibility.  You can literally just pull the hair out without much effort.  It is also very dull giving her the 'moth' eaten look.  On cytology of her hair you can see the irregular clumps of melanin within the hair shaft... So the Diagnosis of Color Dilution Alopecia has been confirmed! :(  This just makes me SO sad.  I can't believe it.  My poor little girl.  I am going to try possibly switching her diet to boost her immune system and try so vitamins and herbs as well, but it looks like I'm gonna have a patchy bald little girl.  I have been doing A LOT of research and have come up with a lot of info on it.  It is unfortunately Genetic, here is a quote:
 
Affected dogs, their parents and siblings should not be used for breeding. The condition can be entirely avoided by the use of non-colour-diluted dogs in breeding programmes.". 
 But if anyone else has any information on it or what shampoos/treatments help the most I would appreciate it.  Does anyone know does the hair ever grow back?  Or does is remain patchy for their entire life?  Her ears look 100% better today!  YEAH!  But still has the crustiness on her face and ears, but they aren't as inflamed. 
Here is a link that I've found about it:
 Heather Thompson
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