What to do about a doggie herx? An epsom salt bath?

I'm practically pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to detox my dog, not to mention how to soothe her dry, itchy skin.

I know dogs aren't supposed to consume salt, but I suppose that if I rinsed her off really well, I could take her into the bathtub with me (sorry, but there is no other way, but for me to go with her)?

I wash her paws, comb her every night, everything I can think of.

She gets headaches, and has to lean her head against the furniture. It breaks my heart.

Plus, I've tried everything on her skin, and nothing works. I give her Fish Oil, ground flax, you name it, and her skin still itches. I tried oatmeal, which made her look like chalk, and now I'm trying calendula.

She takes thyroid pills, Benadryl, etc., but nothing works for her skin, not to mention her herxes.

Poor "Mama,"



Margaret

Yes, I thought of that in retrospect.

An Epsom Salt bath would make her skin worse.

As far as herxing, I think she's just going to have to herx. But somebody, vet. or otherwise, needs to figure out a way to detox a dog??

My vet. doesn't even know what a herx is. She just thinks Doxy will make my dog better, and she has her on a terrible pulsing schedule: Ten days on and 12 days off; by the end of the twelve days, she is really sick. So, I've been giving her five days off, and then putting her on Cat's Claw, which seems to work. I think I'm going to move down to three days off though, because she still herxes, regardless.

Margaret