Bichon Frise Forum:
Dog Chewing Tail

I am at my wits end, Coullette is chewing her tail open. I have had her to the vets twice and she is on atibotics and steroids to stop the itching, it is not working. They put 2 differet collars on her, a smaller one then a larger one. She can hardly move, and they told me not to take it off. 24/7. She can still get her tail. it is healing, but she keeps chewing it open. I tried to cover it, but he gets the bandage off. She got stress out when my mother came to vist with her two dogs and tore all the hair out of the base to half way up her tail. I have been treating this for 2 weeks now...I want my baby back to normal. Can you suggest anything I may have missed. This is a spoiled doggie.

Our puppy had skin allergies and chew, licked his feet raw! We ran the allergy test, and ended up putting him on special dog food (dry). YOu have to have a \'script from vet for it, but you can get it at Pet Smart. Kinda expensive but it cured it! No treats that aren\'t hypoallergenic, etc. Special treats. That cured ours.

my bichone had the same thing. Wet to the vet received steroid and allergy shots. Took him off ceasar. Try This: Liquid Kyolic. its a aged garlic liquid which is great for fungal and viral infections. Often Bichons get fungal infections from food allergies etc. IT worked wonders for my Bichon. you can give him just a tea spoon for two days an also rubb some on the area he\'s bitting. It will kill the fungi. They can get it from the grass, outdorr surroundings, flea bites etc. But it does work