Puppy dandruff?!?!

Swans1912

Hi all,
I've noticed that my pup has white flakes dotted all over him and i parted his fur and it looks like hes got dandruff?!?! As a 1st time dog owner I don't really have a clue as to whether or not this is normal - is there anything I can do to help him or will he just grow out of it?

LittleTinker

He might have Mange?

Take him to the vet

Swans1912

I took him to the vets today for his second lot of shots and to be micro-chipped..didn't think to ask the vet about it to be honest! Do you think if it was that serious the vet would have spotted it?

noonesperfect

Is there sufficient oil in his diet. i.e. are you feeding him a puppy food with nutrition aimed at very young dogs? Or maybe he is intolerant of the food he has normally. Their skin can be dry, just as our is.
Has he been given a bath, maybe that's the cause....

Swans1912

noonesperfect wrote: »

Is there sufficient oil in his diet. i.e. are you feeding him a puppy food with nutrition aimed at very young dogs? Or maybe he is intolerant of the food he has normally. Their skin can be dry, just as our is.
Has he been given a bath, maybe that's the cause....

I feed him on BETA PUPPY - which is what the breeder fed him on so i kept to the same food so that I wouldn't upset his tummy! Yes I did bath him a few days ago - didn't realise that I shouldn't bath him on a regular basis until I posted another thread on here, but I only bathed him the once but I guess once is probably too much!

The_Plush_Doormat

My cat had bad dandruff, and the vet told me to buy oil of evening primrose capsules. Pierce a capsule and sprinkle as best as you can over his food, every other day. His dandruff has improved enormously, and is only now noticeable when I give him a good brush.

Swans1912

The_Plush_Doormat wrote: »

My cat had bad dandruff, and the vet told me to buy oil of evening primrose capsules. Pierce a capsule and sprinkle as best as you can over his food, every other day. His dandruff has improved enormously, and is only now noticeable when I give him a good brush.

Thanks for this - where can I get these capsules from?

The_Plush_Doormat

Any supermarket or even the pound shops. I think they are for women's problems. I did ask the vet if there were special animal ones, and she laughed and said no just the normal suermarket ones. Doh.

elsien

Holland and Barrett do them - they're usually quite expensive, but if you keep an eye out, they quite often have half price offers on - I've never paid full price yet.

Raksha

Beta puppy probably isn't the best dog food you can get, and may not be helping his skin - I'd look to change his food gradually if you can. The flakiness is probably a reaction to any shampoo you may have used and will settle down after a while.

Ephemera

Do you give him cow's milk to drink? That can cause dandruff.....

Water is fine if he's getting plenty of calories from his food...