Has anyone used this?

In my ever eventful quest to cure Millie of her itching, whilst at the vets tonight for her scabby neck/eye infection/worming treatment/frontline/empty purse, I mentioned again about her itching (fourth time now!) and fortunately saw a slightly more sympathetic person who was willing to say that it does sound like she has an allergy (constant paw licking, leg biting, scratching) and possibly she inherited something from one of parents.  She suggested Malaseb shampoo - she also suggested Piriton which I had already tried, and I told her we had been bathing her in Quistel but she'd never heard of it, and as she was willing to actually suggest something (i.e. the Malaseb) I was willing to give it a go (and because I can easily be swayed to part with my money, I love shopping!).

So does anyone have any views/experiences of Malaseb to share or have I parted with money unnecessarily again!

Think the trouble with skin problems the diagnoses is so difficult, it is often a case of trial and error first before the trying expensive skin and blood testing. Sometimes the cause is never found, there are so many things it could be ranging from hormone in balance to food intolerance and all stops in between. Is yours dog a breed that is known to have skin troubles, is she spayed, is it year long or only every so often, is she a breed that is clipped, do you find grooming difficult, what is she fed on, when did it start. Sometimes thinking hard about the dog and when it started, and the environment they live in does bring forth a clue, but sometimes despite all efforts the cause can't be found. A bitch I owned suffered for 5 years until we discovered that you had an allergic response to daffodil pollen, now that is not something you would think of but it is best to rule nothing out until you have checked it out.

Have used Malaseb on my dog Rosie. She had a skin infection which made her scatch and cause her skin to become inflamed. The shampoo soothed her skin and helped to get rid of the dry skin which occured later! Give it a go - I think it works well!  Let us know how it goes - good luck

Kate

We have quite a few dogs coming through rescue with skin problems we have just taken one from ireland he is in a bit of a state we always use Malaseb but there are other things to try as well like tee tree shampoo,and also putting sulpher blocks in the drinking water to cool the system down.
My husband swears by E45 cream for  rashes and itches too you can get a new E45 Itch releif  Cream (think thats the name)

Thanks for the tips!  We tried a Tea Tree Oil Shampoo for dogs, but only a couple of times as the Quistel arrived shortly after that.  The problem with these kinds of shampoos (Malaseb included) is that you have to leave it on the skin for at least ten minutes and Millie can jump out of our bath - even with two bathing her she still has several attempts and that's during a quick bath without leaving stuff on her skin - vet has given us a good tip of feeding her once the shampoos on, giving her her whole meal in individual pieces if thats what it takes to make her stand still so we will give that a go.

Jackie, she is a Scottie which is a breed prone to skin problems particularly dandruff.  She isn't spayed (but is going to be in the next couple of months) and the itching is constant - it is actually gets manic roughly every 4 weeks (to the point where she can't walk from one room to the next without stopping to scratch) until we Frontline her and then it calms back down to a regular constant itching and paw licking - the vets have checked her several times for fleas and can't find any so we don't know if this is just coincidence, but the girl we saw yesterday said that if she was an 'allergicky'-type dog, then even one flea landing on her would irritate the hell out of her.  She's done it ever since the day we brought her home at 8 weeks because my sister commented on the first night how much she was itching.  She's fed on JWB lamb supposedly for itchy dogs although I have just read elsewhere that JWB can cause itching, some days, and chicken or tuna etc on others.  I can't get Burns from any of my local pet shops and Naturediet made an awful mess of the garden ;-).  There are still other foods I can try but they need to be ones sold in Pets at Home as my 3 local pet shops are crap!

Do you or the neighbours own cats

The next-door neighbour does although he bypasses our garden as quickly as he can and only providing he can't find a better route ;-) :-)

One of my dogs had itchy skin and melaseb worked very well ,you can only buy it from the vet and yes you have to leave it on for 10 minutes which is a pain but if like me you have giant breeds you could bath her in the garden especially with the good weather we have at the moment

give it a try didnt work all that well on my dog but could on yours, i found t-tree OIL (not shampoo) from the health shop wet the dog down and add some drops to a jug of worm water and pour over let dog stand for 1 or 2min and wash off. 3 times i did this and with in 2 weeks his coat was cleaming no scabs no dandruff AND NO more staping of the back leg as you stroked his back. anyways thats only if melaseb dont work all the best hope one or the other works.

i think id be tempted to ask for an ivermec injection to see if it helps. -unless its one of the breeds advised not to use it, as for malaseb i use it and find it cuts any grease out of the coat,

Funnily enough, I just cuddled Millie and was amazed at how soft and fluffy she feels, two days after her bath - as though she was only bathed an hour ago.  And this is after two hours rolling around on dry grass at the show yesterday, then rolling around my sisters big garden - so even if it doesn't cure the itchyness, I like it as a shampoo already!  I will research the ivermec injection you mention too, dizzy, ty.

Millie does the back leg thingy when you scratch her back too - in fact you only have to pat her back gently and she does it, but I thought this was something all dogs did!

I've only used the Malaseb twice (as Millie's been ill and I didn't want to put her through the stress of bathing!) but I'm so pleased with how soft and clean her coat feels, and after just two uses she has less than a quarter of the white flakeyness she had before.  Result!  Just need to watch if she itches as much now!