The dog has hair loss - the causes and signs of diseases

Care for your pet begins with attentiveness. If the dog began to sharply lose hair, and before the moulting period is far away, it is worth paying attention to the state of his health. Hair loss is a symptom of several diseases, a signal about disorders in the body.

Why does the dog get hair?

Only a specialist can answer the question, but not without the help of the owner of his patient. The reasons why the hair of a dog climbs, conditionally divided into two categories: hormonal and non-hormonal. Hormonal diseases accompanied by loss of wool cover:

• a deficiency or excess of estrogen leads to a gradual exhaustion of the hairs, and after the dog falls hair;
• significant hair loss is observed in Cushing's syndrome , when there is an excess of a certain hormone in the dog's body, there is a sharp set of weight and constant thirst;
• when the dog actively gaining weight, the hairs on the body begin to break off and all this is accompanied by lethargy, there is a possibility of hypothyroidism;
• there is a whole list of breeds that are characterized by a deficiency of growth hormone, it causes baldness in a young animal during puberty.

The dog can also lose its hair covering for other reasons, not connected in any way with the excess or shortage of hormones:

• many breeds during moult start to lose their wool too actively;
• stress or a strong shock quite significantly affects the appearance of the dog, she withers after moving or visiting a veterinarian, many pets react to the change of food or shampoo;
• the bald patches in certain areas sometimes the problem of a particular breed, black acanthosis is considered a typical disease for a dachshund; the doberman often has a color mutation alopecia;
• allergic reactions diagnosed in the vast majority of cases, in such a situation, hair loss accompanied by scabies or dandruff;
• Parasites become the cause for the young organism;
• the dog has hair loss in bacterial and viral infections.

The dog has hair on his back

The back in the withers area is always prone to baldness more, as this part of the body is prone to inoculations, treatments from insects. When the hair falls heavily in the dog in these places, it is necessary to examine the wound:

1. The area of ​​croup and sides of the back after baldness appears when eczema is affected. These are so-called wet wounds. If the combing of the hair during molting was of poor quality, parasites appeared or the animal did not take new food and shampoo, such reactions are quite expected.
2. If the hormonal background of the dog is normal, but the bald patch is symmetrical, it can be adenitis of the sebaceous glands. This disease occurs in poodles, it is dangerous to infect the hair follicles.

The dog has hair on the neck

1. Often, when the neck of the dog fell hair after buying the wrong collar. The cause of the problem is a collar from parasites, if the body perceived it as an allergen or the drugs proved to be highly toxic.
2. Violation of the production of thyroid hormones manifests itself in the neck area.
3. If the breed is short-haired, and the neck area has folds, this is the possible focus of yeast infection. The formation of bald spots is accompanied by the appearance of an unpleasant odor in places with a diseased skin.

The dog has hair on the ears

1. If the hair falls on the ears of the dog's dachshund, it is worth checking the diagnosis of black acanthosis, typical for such a breed.
2. The actual problem was sunny dermatitis in rocks with slightly pigmented skin. The main danger in the appearance of ulcers in the affected areas.
3. Ear mite in the warm period of the year is a probable source of the problem, because its appearance gradually depletes the scalp until hair falls.
4. The dog appeared deprived, but the incubation period is long. Lishai is not always accompanied by severe itching, so it's impossible to recognize the problem in time.
5. The lack of vitamins A, E leads to a deterioration of the skin and wool. The problem will quickly appear in the thin and vulnerable part of the body - on the ears of the pet.

The hair falls on the tail of a dog

1. The release of sebum is a source of food for the wool, and when the dog rolls the wool in places, it can be a signal of a malfunction in this very feed. If the gland secretes too much fat, it leads to baldness. Specialists even gave the name of the problem "shabby tail". Everything is solved using salicylic acid and tar soap to remove excess fat and disinfection.
2. Lice and fleas for the dog become a source of infection with helminths. Even after a one-time treatment and destruction of parasites, eggs can remain on the dog, and this again a bald tail after a while. Therefore, control by the owner is the first and most important point on the road to recovery. Additionally, if the dog has a hair loss, a course of vitamins is prescribed to restore the wool cover.

The coat on the abdomen of the dog falls out

1. Sometimes a dog gets tufted with tufts and this is normal for the moult period. When the undercoat departs is difficult, sometimes skin diseases occur.
2. When an animal self-gnaws wool in a literal sense, it is worth checking it for infection by parasites. Vlasoids feed on blood and the upper layer of the skin, gradually cutting out the patch behind the patch. The dog will comb the stomach with the appearance of fleas, then lick the wound, and this process is endless until the appearance of open wounds.
3. The dog has large areas of hair, a wound with a characteristic pink tint - all points to infection with ringworm or herpes zoster.
4. Dermatitis of any origin leads to extensive bald patches in the abdomen of the dog. Here, the reaction to feed or mixed food, the presence of parasites in the hair follicles, even shampoo or a means for washing the floor can cause reaction and alopecia.

The dog has a hair on his head

1. Quite often the reasons, because of which the dog is heavily burdened with wool in the area of ​​the muzzle, are parasites. In the area of ​​eyelids and lips appear bald areas, the skin looks painful, the animal always tries to comb the wound.
2. Sunny dermatitis affects not only the ears of the dog, but also its muzzle, even more so. Without intervention, the animal is in serious danger, and is not in ulcers on wounds, but as a consequence in autoimmune diseases.
3. If the dog has a symmetrical hair loss, this is a sign of adenitis of the sebaceous glands.
4. Less often the cause of the loss of wool cover on the face is vitiligo. As with sunny dermatitis, hair loss occurs because of decreased skin pigmentation.
5. If the skin is coarsened, it becomes covered with scales - these are signs of zinc deficiency. A characteristic picture for the Arctic and northern rocks.

The dog falls hair on his chest

In the region of the thorax, in many species the woolen covering is dense and the hairs are long. During the moulting period, the dog withers off if the undercoat departs badly. A similar pattern is observed for the period of pregnancy. Bald chest is the result of a number of reasons:

• hypothyroidism or a violation of hormonal production of the thyroid gland will make itself felt by the gradual transition of the bald patches from the chest area to the sides and back of the pet, the dog becomes sluggish;
• a collar from parasites and treatment of a dog with drugs may well provoke a reaction not only in the neck region but also in the breast;
• shampoo replacement or improper nutrition remain probable and often diagnosed sources of the problem when the dog has hair falling out.

The dog has dandruff and hair falls out

Hereditary state of increased fat content of the skin is the reason that the skin is flaky and the hair falls out. There are two forms of this disease: oily and dry, often both of them occur simultaneously, which makes treatment difficult. The dog actively removes wool from the affected areas, scratches it, this leads to the formation of crusts and secondary infection.

The dog is very itchy and hair falls out

In the overwhelming majority of cases, this combination of symptoms indicates an allergy or the presence of parasites. If it is a question of a young pet that has begun to itch actively, to lose hair, you should check it for demodicosis . The tick that causes baldness and scabies can ruin the life of a dog of any breed, but more often it occurs in choppers, bull terriers. Another reason why the dog itches and wool falls out is infection with an itch mite. If the bald spots are painted in a characteristic pink color and covered with a crust, the animal is infected with ringworm.

After giving birth, the dog has hair

It is believed that baldness after the appearance of offspring is quite a normal situation. Almost always interference from the owner is not required, gradually the hair grows and the dog lacks high-quality food and vitamin for the veterinarian. Even when the wool fell out of the dog and did not grow in a couple of months, you do not need to rush with the preparations. Some breeds lose their wool after they finish feeding the puppies.

The dog has hair and redness of the skin

A wet wound with a red tinge is typical of eczema. The source of the problem is parasites, an allergy to food or waste aids, sometimes this is a consequence of poor-quality combing of the undercoat. The reason why the dog is heavily wool from the genital area, there are hormonal abnormalities. Redness is often the result of constant scratching of the affected area or licking of wounds.

What is the dog's coat trying to do?

The first and the main thing that should be done by the owner is to turn to a specialist. When the dog is heavily climbing the wool, what to do knows only the vet. The longer the trip to the clinic is postponed, the more dangerous the complications may be.

1. After the examination, the doctor will prescribe tests or scrapings if there are suspicions of parasites or infectious diseases. When there are no obvious reasons, they turn to the hormonal list.
2. If this did not work, they suspect allergies or stress in the dog. Here it is necessary to use the method of exclusion to search for a source of allergy, switch to good food with special additives, resort to veterinary products for skin and bathing.
3. On a general background, it is not bad to take up the immunity of a dog, resort to vitamins and preventive medications. But all exclusively for the purpose and under supervision.