You may have to get allergy shots for her. Sometimes dogs just have dry skin and other times it could be from just one flea bite. We had a cat like that once.

Some dogs are allergic to Wheat!! try a wheat free food

I don't have a dog but I remember hearing a lot of dogs have allergies to corn, which is everywhere in most dog food. Not at natural part of a carnivore's diet, it is just used as a cheap filler.

ptquits is right. Corn is a definite allergen. There are dozens of foods available without corn if you look somewhere besides your grocery store. My dogs sometimes have food with grains. I like variety in their diet, but they get no corn, wheat, soy or menadione. They also get prey model raw every other day.

Most likely an allergy.. maybe to grasses this time of year or from shampooing causing dry skin. You might check with your dogs vet to inquire. :)

True diet could be the culprit, as your dog gets older in digesting.

My cat has an autoimmune disorder. He scratches bloody sores on himself. We have to give him oral steroids to control it. Don't you think that must be fun? We call it "waterboarding the cat."

My Libby has had the SAME problem!!! I took her last week to see about the itching and to get her rabies inoculation... Well, she had a reaction to the inoculation... they treated her with Benadryl and something else (can't remember)... it was two quick shots... she wasn't in respiratory distress, but swelled up with swollen hives all over... She's a beagle and those droopy lips were just so swollen... poor thing... could NOT get relief from itching...
She was fine in a few minutes...

But about the allergies... the vet said it's been a huge problem this year. We're in western Oklahoma, but he indicated it was bad everywhere. The first thing he wanted to try (before going to a more serious solution such as steroids) was plain old benadryl... At her weight (30.2 lbs) she could have 50mg every 8 hours... that's two small 25 mg benadryl every 8 hours. I bought the generic for much less than "Benadryl" and she's been great for 2 days now! A little sleepy... but I only gave her three doses and then quit the medicine. She hasn't itched since Friday afternoon after the reaction!

Just be sure to check with the vet about the correct dosage!! or google it?

Good luck!

If nothing as worked so far, I'd take her to the vet and see what they say. Could be something medical you wouldn't know about.

yesterday a friend told me to get lineolic oil from fosters and grant and put a little one her food eah feeding. worked for her dog.

HOT SPOT! Once a dog begins to scratch they will often develop a hotspot. My daughter's dog seems to do this after he gets his summer clipping. Has to wear a cone until it "cools down." May need an allergy shot, but the cone is the only thing that seems to really work. HE HATES IT!! Always running into things. Poor ConeHead.

I would take her to the vet, if she has been spayed it may be a lack of harmones. This happened to my pet, then again it could be too much dog bathing, or allergys of some kind.
IdahoSandy

I agree that it's most likely allergies. Try bathing her in an oatmeal shampoo made for pets. It does wonders.

Food allergies. I had a dog that developed food allergies and had to go on a potatoe rice diet. See your vet.

Mine was itching also. Food allergies again. I took him off all canned food. He is older and not on kibble. He is now eating Pet Fresh, refrigerated and in a roll. He likes it, which was another problem picky picky picky!. I also cannot give him beef., He vomits. So chicken and turkey it is. Halo is a wonderful food but I would have had to take out a loan to feed it to him. He loved the stew with fish.
The only "junk" food he gets is a little bit of Little Cesar puppy to take his pills. He doesn't like the pill pockets and spits out everything else except liverwurst which we save for the times he is being extra picky.

I switched our dog to Blue brand dog food and results are very noticeable. It's grain free and holistic. Her shedding has lessened and her poop is over half what it use to be. No filler in the food. It's pricey but the vet says will save me many a vet bill for health problems later.

I once had a boxer that was allergic to all corn products and that seemed to be in every dog food. Try boiling chicken, debone it and mix it with cooked rice.

One of my fur babies is allergic to grains. Always itching, bare skin. Vet changed him to grain free dog food and he's awesome now. No more itching and a full silky coat.

We give ours baby benadril. The vets recommend it and sell it at their place at ALOT more.!

my head itched from dry skin. on Dr Oz show he said use shampoo with tea tree oil it work for me Nature's gate tea tree calming shampoo and conditioner. I got me 1st bottle at wal mart then thay quit caring it. I found it at a health food store

Our soft-coated Wheaten terrier had lots of skin problems. The vet prescribed 1/2 tablet of Tameril (Sp) to counteract the itch. It worked with no side effects. He was fine as long as he took the tabs.

my daughter's cat was allergic to all over-the-counter pet foods. she had to buy her cat special food from the vet at $$$$. but the scratching did go away very soon. now she mixes in some commercial food to cut the cost a little.

Oh my gosh! Our boxer got hives once and the vet said to give her benadryl. It made it worse! Her whole side was all puffy and itchy and red. Poor, poor baby! We never did find out what caused it.

Some dogs scratch and bite out of boredome. A mild anti-anxiety would help if it's this---and you could try it easily.

the pollen count is really high. From I understand, dogs can be bothered by any allergen people can. What about her food? Maybe a grain allergy?

Susan

fl is a high allergie state for dogs we have ours dogs in vet all the time she gave us a spray and we changed food to iams (lamb and rice) and lil one get benadryl

Like i said I don't have a dog but I must be an animal lover because i have spent all day trying to remember the name of this company. They used to send me catalogs about 10 years ago. They sell a supplement just for this condition.

http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=1926

my husband found a spray recipe online that has worked for our Akita (hot spots) and for my nephews pit bull (allergies), both of them would scratch themselves raw. it's - 1 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide, 2 cups water, & 4 tablespoons of Borax powder. we spray it on her and let it dry, it has worked very well for both of the dog. And my nephews Pit no longer has to wear a cone lol

Dry skin, if you have some Skin So Soft by avon and next bath use it and it will help.
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

She could have an allergy to grass, my neighbors dog can't go any where near grass without scratching like crazy. Try an oatmeal shampoo for dogs with dry and itchy skin, if you can't find it for dogs Aveeno (for people)has one that works the same.

My dog had the same problem, the vet said it was fleas, although we never saw many on her, but the vet insisted that she had developed an allergy to fleas and gave her a steroid shot, then another, then another, but we couldn't keep spending all that money, especially since they became less and less effective. At the time our son was living in the house with his young daughter and when Tara's personality started to change, we had no choice, but to put her down. One of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but we had over 8 wonderful years with her, and Shepherds don't usually live much more than that. Hope you find the right answer.

Allergies. My son's dog does it every time they come to visit. The dog is part Jack Russell so not big and they give him about 1/3 of a Benadryl and that stops the itching.

Try giving her liquid benadryl. If that works, it is definitely an allergy. Our Furbaby is allergic to grass

What did the vet say? Sometimes they require shots to stop them from scratching. Jan

If your dog is licking his feet, it is allergies. We give our pugs benadryl daily.

have you changed foods recently? if so suggest you change back. itchy skin is often caused by food allergies. another cause is infection, although from what you said unlikely. hope this helps

Glad to know this, I'm always willing to try something that will help my Jimi.

Allergies - spring and fall. Our vet says he sees more and more animals with this.

My vet calls it hot spots and has my cog on very low dose of Pretisone, but benedrill will work too. My dog has longish hair so I shave itin summer when it seemd to bother her the most. Take care.
Linda

I haven't read all the responses, but my idea is a different one from the others I read.
My neighbor had a dog, I think a lab, that did this so much he got open wounds. Same areas over and over. Back to the vet again and again with no success. Would get it cleared up, use a collar to keep the dog from getting to it, but when the collar came off, the dog was back at it. Eventually the vet decided the dog might have a 'nervous condition' and they put the dog on an anti-depressant. Both my neighor and I howled about this, but she was willing to give it a try, and I couldn't believe it but it worked. I guess the dog had some kind of OCD about this scratching thing. After about a year on the meds, they weaned him off and he was fine and didn't go back to his old habits.