Pet Skin Doctor

Many factors can determine what might cause your dog dry skin.  Some of these factors are breed related or genetic, the climate where you live, your dog’s daily diet, bathing too often and whether or not the dry skin is a symptom of a more serious underlying cause. 

If searching for a treatment for dog dry skin, first determine if there are any other signs or symptoms that may be the result of an underlying cause.  For example, your dog may have allergies. He could be allergic to his pet food, a flea bite, grass, pollen or even the material of his new dog bed!   Treating the dry skin with a topical skin therapy is a good idea to keep the area from becoming worse.  If your dog scratches or chews the patches of dry skin, the patches will turn into open sores.  However, if you don’t figure out what is causing the dry skin, it will probably continue to return.