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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Supplements and topical remedies are excellent options for soothing your dog’s itchy skin, keep in mind that they will not cure the underlying cause. If you ever want your dog to live a life free from painfully itchy skin, and free from costly and sometimes dangerous medications like Apoquel, you have to figure out why the symptom exists in the first place. My training client, the boxer, spent the first couple years of his life battling itchy, inflamed skin. Then the next half-decade fighting the side-effects of Apoquel and other drugs. What he needed was not a miracle cure for his dermatitis, but a diagnosis for what was causing the symptoms in the first place. Whether you choose to use Apoquel, another drug, or a natural remedy to deal with your dog’s itching while you search for the underlying illness or allergy, just make sure you never stop searching. Not until the itching is gone for good. Sources Sally B. Cosgrove, et al. “Long‐term compassionate use of oclacitinib in dogs with atopic and allergic skin disease: safety, efficacy and quality of life”wiley.com, 16 February 2015. Various. “Apoquel”drugs.com. Karen A. Moriello. “Itching (Pruritus) in Dogs” merckvetmanual.com. Various. “Canine Allergic Dermatitis: Causes and Treatment Options”animalmedcenter.com. Ralf S. Mueller, et al. “Critically appraised topic on adverse food reactions of companion animals (2): common food allergen sources in dogs and cats”bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com, 12 January 2016. Various. “Allergy Shots May Bring Relief to Itchy Dogs”vetmed.illinois.edu, 27 November 2017. Cynthia Foley. “Will Your Allergic Dog Benefit From a Food Elimination Diet?”wholedogjournal.com, 12 February 2015, Updated: 21 March 2019 Various. “Natural Supplements for Dogs With Itchy Skin.” petmd.com. Sara Seitz worked in the pet industry for over a decade. In addition to being a certified dog trainer, Sara gained experience working as the general manager of a dog daycare and boarding facility, as the creator and manager of a pet sitting company, as a groomer, and as a dog behavior evaluator. She also has a bachelors in animal behavior from CSU. Currently, Sara works as a freelance writer specializing in blog, article and content writing.
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