Aromatherapy for dogs?

[odds-against-me.livejournal.com]

Hey I have a question about pet aromatherapy that maybe someone might be able to answer. My Cocker Spaniel is 12 years old and she has hair loss due to excema. I was wondering if there are any essential oils that I could use on her for either excema or hair loss. Any help would be much appreciated.

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[wedjbai.livejournal.com]

Hello

I volunteer on Fridays as a Veterinary Assistant for a Veterinarian who does conventional and holistic medicine for animales. I'll ask him if he can recommend anything when I go in tomorrow.

A couple of questions: does your dog have any allergies? Have you changed her diet in any way? Do you know what may be triggering her excema?

I get excema too, and I've used lavender oil mixed with carrot oil in a hypoallergenic cream to releve the redness and stinging on my face. I've also applied lavebder oil neat to me face.

I'll post what the Veterinanian says when I get back from the clinic tomorrow.

[odds-against-me.livejournal.com]

she doesn't have any allergies that i know of. no change in diet and i have no clue what's triggering the excema. she's had it for years but it was really mild...now it's really bad. i would love advice from the vet. thanks so much!

[wedjbai.livejournal.com]

He has suggested you try a hypo-allergenic diet, as she could have developed allergies, and a lot of dogs do this when they get older. If you decide to try this out make sure that you make the switch gradually so it doesn't upset her stomach. He said that the lavender & carrot essential oil would probably work, as well as bathing her with a very mild oatmeal-based shampoo for dogs.

If you can get to a Luch Cosmetics, or can order from them online, they have a cream called Dream Cream (http://www2.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/31?ID=cw8EqSjM:expand=00010:upd=y) that I use on my sensitive excema-pone skin. I had a Carin Terrier who had very sensitive skin, and after I bathed him I'd rub a little of this cream into his hot spots.

I hope something works out for you!

[odds-against-me.livejournal.com]

thank you so much. sorry it took so long for me to reply, i just got back from a week-long vacation. i will definitely try what he suggested and hopefully something will work. thanks again!