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Expert: - 10/28/2008


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My wife and i recently rescued a beagle pup someone left in a local park.  She appeared to be about three months old and shortly after we saved her she started to devlop mange.  After taking her to the vet, and following his reccomendations the poor puppy is much worse.  She has torn most her hair out and has bad skin infections and has recently developed a cyst like growth on her throat.  I am about spent out at the vet, with no improvement, and was wondering if there were any home remedies that could help her.  I believe if we could get he to stop tearing at heself, we might be able to get her to heal.  Can you reccommend garlic ?  I've been told that may help, and also told it can be toxic in large amounts.  This dog spends all day itching and tearing at her skin, the weekly baths using a keatolytic benzoyl peroxide 3 percent solution give her a days respite from the discomfort, but I cant bathe her more than once a week.

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Hi, thanks for writing. All I can say is RUN don't walk to the nearest canine dermatoligst. This poor puppy is in agony and most likely full of secondary infections from the mange. It takes someone who really knows what they are doing to treat this. I don't personally think that ny homeopathic stuff will work, orry. Mange is tough enough to cure with modern medicine. I hope you can find someone quickly and give this poor thing some relief. Good luck!

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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Dog Fancy

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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Honored by the Agoura Animal Shelter for my volunteer work.

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