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TLDR: Dog has extreme dandruff, have tried different shampoos and some dietary changes but unsure how help cure it. any recommendations welcomed.
I have a 16 week old female golden retriever with a severe dandruff problem. She has had it since we picked her up. She was freshly bathed, so it wasn't as bad, but it seems to have gotten worse.
We've tried burt's bees oatmeal shampoo and human head + shoulders. The H+S seems to help but after a few days/a week, it comes back. We didn't bathe her for the first month we had her, and have given her a bath on each of the past 2 saturdays to try and help calm her dandruff (i know excessive baths can dry her skin out, but it seems her skin is extremely dry and flaky anyway.)
FWIW, we've added a full hardboiled egg yolk to her diet once a day for the last 2 weeks or so, and have gotten some salmon jerky treats for high value treats during training. As far as her diet, the breeder sent us home with some food for her (blue buffalo i believe, but unsure), but she didn't really eat it and has been on hills science diet for large breed puppy (chicken meal and oats recipe) for the last 8 or so weeks (since 1/23 or 1/24).
any advice on other shampoos, dietary supplements, or any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
TLDR: Dog has extreme dandruff, have tried different shampoos and some dietary changes but unsure how help cure it. any recommendations welcomed.
I have a 16 week old female golden retriever with a severe dandruff problem. She has had it since we picked her up. She was freshly bathed, so it wasn't as bad, but it seems to have gotten worse.
We've tried burt's bees oatmeal shampoo and human head + shoulders. The H+S seems to help but after a few days/a week, it comes back. We didn't bathe her for the first month we had her, and have given her a bath on each of the past 2 saturdays to try and help calm her dandruff (i know excessive baths can dry her skin out, but it seems her skin is extremely dry and flaky anyway.)
FWIW, we've added a full hardboiled egg yolk to her diet once a day for the last 2 weeks or so, and have gotten some salmon jerky treats for high value treats during training. As far as her diet, the breeder sent us home with some food for her (blue buffalo i believe, but unsure), but she didn't really eat it and has been on hills science diet for large breed puppy (chicken meal and oats recipe) for the last 8 or so weeks (since 1/23 or 1/24).
any advice on other shampoos, dietary supplements, or any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated!