My Goldipoo (cross between golden retriever and standard poodle) has
itchy skin every time around this year. She is continually chewing on
her paws as well as anywhere she can reach. When I pet her she is very
sensitive and her back leg(s) jump with every touch.
Does anybody have a similar problem? Does anybody have a solution that
might work.
I have tried Benedryl (as per my vet), as well as antibiotics (as per
my vet). Nothing works.
It's not fleas as I have her on Revolution.

in thread ups.com: "Shar"
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My Goldipoo (cross between golden retriever and standard poodle) has
itchy skin every time around this year. She is continually chewing on
her paws as well as anywhere she can reach. When I pet her she is very
sensitive and her back leg(s) jump with every touch.
Does anybody have a similar problem? Does anybody have a solution that
might work.
I have tried Benedryl (as per my vet), as well as antibiotics (as per
my vet). Nothing works.
It's not fleas as I have her on Revolution.



Sounds like a change in diet to something like HillsPet Science Diet Z/D
would be just the ticket. Talk to your vet about it.

Thank you for your response. I have had my dog on the same diet for
the past 1 1/2 years. She is almost 4 years old and this happens every
fall around this time. We have her on a diet supplement called Missing
Link that we just started about a week ago.
diddy wrote:
in thread ups.com: "Shar"
whittled the following words:

My Goldipoo (cross between golden retriever and standard poodle) has
itchy skin every time around this year. She is continually chewing on
her paws as well as anywhere she can reach. When I pet her she is very
sensitive and her back leg(s) jump with every touch.
Does anybody have a similar problem? Does anybody have a solution that
might work.
I have tried Benedryl (as per my vet), as well as antibiotics (as per
my vet). Nothing works.
It's not fleas as I have her on Revolution.



Sounds like a change in diet to something like HillsPet Science Diet Z/D
would be just the ticket. Talk to your vet about it.

Shar wrote:

Thank you for your response. I have had my dog on the same diet for
the past 1 1/2 years. She is almost 4 years old and this happens every
fall around this time. We have her on a diet supplement called Missing
Link that we just started about a week ago.


H'm, if it is seasonal, I wonder if it could be inhalant
allergies? I have experience with inflammation and itchiness
that responds to diet change, but I have been told that inhalant
allergies can manifest in similar ways. Some kind of contact
irritant that is present at this time of year is another possibility.
Do you do any major seasonal cleaning, especially using
chemicals, or let her swim in a pool, or anything else
unique to the summer?

Amy Dahl

On 27 Aug 2006 10:37:00 -0700, "Shar" ,
clicked their heels and said:

She is almost 4 years old and this happens every
fall around this time.

My first golden did too. Only time of year he got a hot spot.
Seasonal allergies are not unusual in Goldens, don't know about
poodles (your dog isn't a Goldipoo BTW, but a mutt). This can be a
contact or inhalation allergy and needs to be treated accordingly.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet B wrote:
On 27 Aug 2006 10:37:00 -0700, "Shar" ,
clicked their heels and said:

She is almost 4 years old and this happens every
fall around this time.

My first golden did too. Only time of year he got a hot spot.
Seasonal allergies are not unusual in Goldens, don't know about
poodles (your dog isn't a Goldipoo BTW, but a mutt). This can be a
contact or inhalation allergy and needs to be treated accordingly.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Thank you for your response. I will check this with her vet.
(BTW) The dog I purchased from the breeder who is a member of The
Canadian
Kennel Club, called her a Goldiepoo. Another name for this breed is a
Golden Doodle.
She may be a "mutt" to you. But, she was a very expensive "mutt".
Both her parents
were champions. I understand this breed is not yet recognized by the
Kennel Clubs, but so far they are a very popular breed without the
problems associated with both the retrievers and poodles. I have had
several std. poodles over the years, and have many friends that have
retrievers. Both breeds are fabulous pets. This one is the best of
both
as far as I am concerned.

On 28 Aug 2006 08:14:39 -0700, "Shar" ,
clicked their heels and said:

(BTW) The dog I purchased from the breeder who is a member of The
Canadian
Kennel Club, called her a Goldiepoo.

Nope - Continental Kennel Club maybe.

Another name for this breed is a
Golden Doodle.
She may be a "mutt" to you. But, she was a very expensive "mutt".

Yes, you got taken!

Both her parents
were champions.

Really? Her "breeders" don't belong to the national clubs or adhere
to their codes of ethics. Too bad.

I understand this breed is not yet recognized by the
Kennel Clubs, but so far they are a very popular breed without the
problems associated with both the retrievers and poodles.

Wrong again! They are not a breed - you can't breed a Goldiepoo to a
Goldiepoo and get consistent Goldiepoos. They are a MIXED breed - in
other words - a MUTT (I LOVE mutts, but don't pay stupid people a
whole lotta money to produce them).

Don't you realize they can also have the WORST traits of Goldens and
Poodles? Cancer, HD, they can shed like wild, their coats are all
over the map, some are ugly, some cute, some bright, some really
stupid.

I have had
several std. poodles over the years, and have many friends that have
retrievers. Both breeds are fabulous pets. This one is the best of
both
as far as I am concerned.

ICK. Should have stuck to Poodles. I love Goldens and Poodles, but
wouldn't dream of paying someone to produce something that they're
only doing for MONEY. What a shame so many people are taken in by
this trend.


--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

"Shar" wrote in message
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Janet B wrote:
On 27 Aug 2006 10:37:00 -0700, "Shar" ,
clicked their heels and said:

She is almost 4 years old and this happens every
fall around this time.

My first golden did too. Only time of year he got a hot spot.
Seasonal allergies are not unusual in Goldens, don't know about
poodles (your dog isn't a Goldipoo BTW, but a mutt). This can be a
contact or inhalation allergy and needs to be treated accordingly.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Thank you for your response. I will check this with her vet.
(BTW) The dog I purchased from the breeder who is a member of The
Canadian
Kennel Club, called her a Goldiepoo. Another name for this breed is a
Golden Doodle.

Nope. Don't mistake a cutsie mixed breed name with an actual breed.

I love mixed breed dogs, and I love purebreed dogs. What I don't love at all
is people trying to convince others (usually breeders trying to convince the
buying public) that a mixed breed *is* a purebreed.

She may be a "mutt" to you. But, she was a very expensive "mutt".

Irrelevant. The word "mutt" isn't an insult, its an accurate description of
what you purchased. And, yes, you paid a lot of money for a mutt.

Both her parents
were champions.

I'd be curious about which champions she came from. Almost no one who
actually has put the time into putting real titles on their dogs would
*ever* turn around and breed their dogs to create mixes unless they were
experimenting woth something. What's the kennel name?

I understand this breed is not yet recognized by the
Kennel Clubs,

Its not a breed. There's a big difference between a breed that isn't
recognozed by kennel clubs (there are certainly breeds that exist that are
not associated with kennel clubs), and mixed breed dogs that *can't* be
recognized by breed clubs.....because they don't fit *any* definition of
what a breed actually IS. An F1 hybrid will never be a breed. It can't
be.....by definition.

but so far they are a very popular breed without the
problems associated with both the retrievers and poodles.

That is completely untrue. There are *numerous* problems popping up withing
all the cutesy "poo" mixes. And those problems are having disasterous
impacts on the families that spent thousands on their mixed breeds pups, not
to mention the impacts on the poor dogs themselves.

I have had
several std. poodles over the years, and have many friends that have
retrievers. Both breeds are fabulous pets. This one is the best of
both
as far as I am concerned.

That's a wonderful viewpoint to have about your pet (I think everyone should
view their dog as the best....at least on some level), but not an objective
viewpoint about these types of mixes.

To me, if a breeder is going to purposely create mixes (as if the shelters
don't have enough of those as it is), and then charge MORE than a purebred
would cost, they have an obligation to create dogs who are multi level
tested in terms of temperament, health AND trainability (but then I think
this is the minimum for *anyone* who is creating dogs, whether those dogs be
"pure" or of mixed breed ancestry). If your breeder in any way convinced you
that mixed breeds don't have the same likelihood of coming down with the
crippling illnesses that both Poodles and Goldens do, then they either lied
to you, or they didn't bother doing their homework enough to find out how
completely untrue this is.

I can't tell you how many Golden/Poodle and Lab/Poodle crosses I've seen
who's breeders were ignorant about what Hybrid Vigor means. They decide it
means that if you mix breeds as a first generation "hybrid", they
automatically won't come down with illnesses. How convenient that they
promptly decide that they don't have to screen for devastating illnesses and
that they don't have to stop breeding dogs who have those illnesses. "Oh, my
Golden has Hip Dysplasia. Well, if I breed it to a Poodle, it won't matter!
Yay!" Bull. Of the last 30 Golden/Poodle mixes I've seen in the last 3 or so
years, more than half have ended up with severe Dysplasia *before the age of
1*!!! This is extreme.

You made your choice, and that's fine. But people who are proponents of
responsible breeding are going to point out the fallacy of your arguments.
This designer mixed breed fad has been one of the more damaging trends I've
seen in a while....and I mean damaging *to dogs themselves*, not damaging to
breeds, not to breeders, but damaging to the individual dogs.

Tara

In article KLEIg.151$8Q6.150@trndny01, TaraG wrote:
This designer mixed breed fad has been one of the more damaging trends I've
seen in a while....and I mean damaging *to dogs themselves*, not damaging to
breeds, not to breeders, but damaging to the individual dogs.

It's not that hard to argue that it's also been damaging to
pet dog buyers, who think they're getting something they're
not. The health claims from the breed mixers are pretty
outrageous.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Bad policies lead to bad results.

"Shar" said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

The dog I purchased from the breeder who is a member of The
Canadian Kennel Club, called her a Goldiepoo.

My understanding is that this breeder would no longer be a
member of the CKC if they knew she was purposely breeding and
selling mixed breed dogs.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.