Tips for Treating Your Dog's Seasonal Skin Issues

Dogs have to put up with seasonal skin problems just like we do. Seasonal allergies often make your furry friend scratch excessively, but there are other symptoms to look out for. For instance, if your dog is frequently sneezing, itching excessively, or acting strangely, allergies may be to blame.

Worried that your dog might be dealing with a seasonal skin issue? Here's what you should do:

Figure Out What's Causing Their Allergy

Getting your dog the necessary allergy medication begins with pinpointing the source of its allergic reaction. Although your dog's immune system will have a slightly different reaction to seasonal allergens than yours, many of the root causes are similar.

Sadly, as much as your dog enjoys frolicking in the grass on good days, it is best to limit time spent outdoors until the source of their skin allergies can be identified (and avoided in the future). You can also find out what's happening by having a veterinary dermatologist do an allergic dermatitis test.

Examine the Symptoms

In many cases, dogs and people are allergic to the same things, but each dog's reaction to an allergy is different. If you want to know if your dog's reaction is due to seasonal factors or anything else, keep an eye out for these typical allergy signs in canines:

Itchy skin
Ear infections
Blistering
Rashes and puffiness
Falling Hair
Moist eyes
Flu-like symptoms, like coughing and sneezing

Although human allergy symptoms — such as sneezing, watery eyes, and coughing — are fairly universal, there are more specific canine allergy symptoms, like itchy skin.

Check for Fleas

Fleas are known to cause skin irritation, and ingesting flea dirt (sometimes called "flea excrement") can induce watery eyes, sneezing, and abdominal pain in dogs. This is an allergic reaction, but it differs from how weather-related allergies are handled. Our flea and tick pet shampoo contains potent pest-fighting chemicals derived from nature, so it effectively treats fleas, ticks, and mosquito bites with just one application.

Topical Care

Applying a skin treatment to affected areas is another quick method of relieving seasonal skin problems. Our pet skin care products will provide quick comfort and prevent future illness in extreme cases where your dog has scratched his skin raw because of irritation. We offer the following items to provide relief:

Natural hot spot spray

Use this spray all over your dog's inflamed skin to alleviate the itching, irritation, and suffering. A natural spray can help soothe your pet's itchy, flaky, rashy, hot spotted skin and seasonal allergy discomfort.

DermaSkin Ointment

This dog dermatitis medicine contains chemicals that help with dermatitis-like symptoms such as rashes, crusting, scaling, skin infections, allergic reactions, blistering, and similar problems. DermaSkin can be used on various pets, from dogs with skin irritation to cats with blisters and horses with rashes brought on by allergies.

Head over to our online pet care store for more pet health products. Our pet care products are made with naturally-derived ingredients, effectively treating common pet health issues like pain management, wound, and trauma care, pet skincare, and more.

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