[Katy L]

Hi Cyndi,
I hope Bailey is doing better. I am completely amazed at Sophia’s progress! I thought Sophia was headed in to another full blown skin infection. She broke out in blistery hives. They almost looked like infected flea bites, the blistery hive things then turned in to scabby flaky places and her skin had flakes all over it. I think I’ll only have to bathe her once this I was bathing her every other day. She is still itching occassionally but nothing like she was. I agree with RescueDaneMom – I give Sophia Coconut Oil every day and it really seems to help.
I hope you are having a great week!

[Katy L]

Cyndi-thanks. Sophia is doing much better today. I am really hopeful! I hope Bailey gets relief quickly, too.

BCnut- thanks so much for the information. I think that ship has already sailed here 🙂

[Katy L]

I am really encouraged! Sophia hasn’t broken out in any new hives/blisters and scratching has almost stopped. I’m keeping my fingers crossed ! I’ll keep you posted 🙂

[Katy L]

I’m with you Cyndi. I never thought I’d say I can’t wait to do the laundry.

[Katy L]

Sorry for my absence. Up to my elbows in laundry. I am SO excited to think this may be the culprit. It makes perfect sense now. I cannot tell you how much Sophia has suffered – not to mention the amount of money we’ve spent, tests done, raw food shipped in and frustration.

I have run Sophia’s laundry though the wash twice now, with vinegar rinse and can still smell the Gain on them. One more time ought to do it 🙂

Cyndi, what a stroke of luck you mentioned the Gain!

Have a good rest everyone. I’m off to fold some clothes.

[Katy L]

Please do keep me posted! I will keep you posted about Sophia’s progress. I loved the smell of the Gain, too 🙁

Sophia’s coat became very dull and extremely flaky (after this had been going on for a while). She had also gained weight – like most of us older gals. But, she had gotten back to 100% and her hair all grew back. Then, all of the sudden she began breaking out in hives again.

Give Bailey a belly rub from us…

[Katy L]

This is my first post on this forum – I do a lot of lurking. Sophia is an Airedale mix rescue (10 yrs old this month). You really struck a chord when you mentioned the Gain with Lavender. Sophia broke out in what looked like hives – but she had been having other skin issues and eventually was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. Well, in the mean while, my husband broke out in rashes that looked almost like psoriasis (a few months after). I thought my husband was breaking out because of the stress from Sophia as we weren’t sleeping at night and were trying to keep her from chewing herself to bits when we were awake. It was stressful. A friend had given me a bottle of All Free laundry detergent that she didn’t care for and I used it . Sophia and my husband BOTH cleared up! However, I still hadn’t put all the facts together because We had started Sophia on medication, raw diet, bathing twice a week, etc. Husband’s rash was cleared up with topical cream. About a month ago, I wanted to use up the rest of the Gain and guess what? Sophia is broken out in hives and losing her hair. I cannot believe I didn’t figure this out until now! I feel like an idiot! Let me go throw out the remainder of the Gain and head to the store for some All Free and White vinegar (rinse).
This is a very abbreviated version of events but would be really interested to see how Bailey does when you re-wash the laundry. It sounds like Bailey is in great hands 🙂

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