Re: Bump over eye, hairloss(MANGE!)
Well, I've talked to several vets about Roxy's mange and it seems like everyone has their own ideas, all very confusing. I think they all agree that this is a hereditary immune system problem. I had a feeling when she got hives three times this summer, then got the flu so bad she nearly died. Now this.
What are the chances that this breeder doesn't know that the mother has this hereditary defect? I don't know them, but they say they have been breeding for a long time and that the mother doesn't have it (I think they have 8 sets of dogs that they breed). I don't think I got a health guarantee. They were so reassuring and said that she came from a long line of healthy dogs.
We are pretty disgusted by this all as we really wanted to breed her, and now we're being told we should spay her because she will pass this on to her pups.

So now we get to look forward to spending more money to spay her and hope that she doesn't die from the surgery or get a secondary infection from it because of her immune system!
Ann