Thanks for the info....
per our vet & now his dermatologist secondary to his ongoing skin issues (we are in the process of allergy testing him...lots of fun!!)
my girlfriends shepard is the same way... always itching. she gets some specialty stuff for the two puppies but hasn\'t found out why she\'s itching. we figure it\'s just so dry in the winter time around here, i get dry skin i can imagine the same thing happens to the dogs. but a guess at certain point it ends up be a habit and the shepard just does it out of impulse
If dry skin and itching is a problem, be sure to have their thyroids checked.
A symptom of a thyroid condition is dry skin. Combine it with an allergy, and you\'ve got one itchy pooch. (heh, that sounds like something else)
I\'ve got large shepard mix who was constantly dry and itching (to point of drawing blood) and we took him back for test after test.
A combination of Thyroxine (for the thyroid) and Cephalexin (allergies) has really worked well. He\'s still a little dry, but the itching has stopped.
Dr. Heather Rife @ East Haven Veterinary Associates is the one who finally solved it.
They do good work. My Murph is doing well 9 yrs. which is old for a 100+ lb\'er.