"diddy" wrote in message
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"Brian" whittled the following words:

I have 2 beagles. One is 3 and one is 2. My 3 year old (female) has
had this rash all her life. She has been to the vet and to the
dermatologist multiple times and they seem to be clueless on what this
is and what is causing it. It is mainly under her front arms and
under her neck. It is all red and has chunks of black skin in it. It
almost looks like it is burnt. Her underarms ar red and in the pit
they are black. Almost looks like an elephants skin. She itches all
of the time. We have tried medicated shampoo, all natural diet, all
sorts of medicine, and she still has this problem. When they do a
skin culture there is no type of parisites. My 2 year old is
perfectly healthy with no rash what so ever. Can some one please help
me figure out what is wrong with her? I have pictures I can email out
if seeing it would be better.
Thanks.

-Brian



has she been tested for Addisons or Cushings? Both have similar symptoms,
and both are common Beagle afflictions. I had an Addisonian dog once, and
the black elephant skin and hairless patches was a syptom. It's pretty
intuitive thing to test for in the presence of such symptoms, and I'm sure
your vet has already suggested testing for it, so it's probably stupid of
me to suggest, because I'm sure the testing has already occurred to your
vet, if he's already ruled out the obvious through testing and is still at
a loss.

I had a dog with Addison's and non of the above are symptoms of it.
Even if it were those symptoms for that period of time would have resulted
in more serious outcome by this time