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My brothers dog lost all of its hair?
My brothers dog lost all of its hair?
My brother took my dog to the vet and the doctor told my brother that the dog has a skin disease that it was born with. The dogs hair is gone now and she has a lot of bumps and sores from scratching. Her skin is just pink. My brother has been buying medicine that the vet recommended for him to buy at the store and it finally started working and her skin has improved a lot and my mom thinks the hair is growing back.
My brother wants to take the dog to the pound now, but wont the people at the pound kill it?
I hear stories all the time of them killing dogs.
What kind of disease do you think the dog has?
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The dog does NOT have cancer. If it did the vet would have said at the time. It is more likely to be some form of birth defect e.g. congenital hypotrichosis. The medicine the vet advised is possibly hormonal or some other substance to either treat or ease the symptoms. The hair does not always grow back, it depends on the severity of the condition. There are other reasons for hair loss, stress, allergies (food included), fleas, as well as various skin conditions of which congenital hypotrichosis is just one. The vet would be the best person to ask for the diagnosis as he was the one who saw the dog.
If your brother wants to take her to the pound just because of this unfortunate condition, would it be possible for you to take her over or to find someone responsible who can? Some pounds have a no kill policy but sadly, a lot of them do not.
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I say it probaly has cancer and yes dogs do get cancer. Thats really sad and I hate to hear about this but try your best to convince him not to take it to the pound because yes they do "kill" dogs. If someone hasn't adopted it for a while like a couple of weeks or maybe even left they kill it so they will have more room for dogs. Also they might not even take the dog if it has a disease. So I would try your best to make sure that your brother doesn't take his dog to the pound. I hope te dog gets better(: hope this helps!(:
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Humans get leukemia .. could be similar to that .. check with the vet to see if it could me similar to that .... aww dont get rid of the dog that would be sad . if the dog is suffering too much your brother should get her put down rather then taking her to the pound .
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