Well - I was telling DH about your solutions and he goes “you don’t think they’re bothered by the new laundry detergent I got?”
I could wring his neck for not mentioning this earlier! (And you can totally tell that I do no laundry at our house).
Crossing my fingers and toes that was the issue.
I would bet money on this being the issue!!!
That’s probably it. My heeler is sensitive to my laundry detergents and soaps around the house.
Try adding some salmon oil or other Omega 3’s to help the skin heal.
DH and I were just laughing about the time our vet put all three dogs on steroids for scratching. A scrape had turned up nothing.
Under the influence of steroids, one of them ate a loaf of bread in the car while I dashed into the post office. They also broke into the pasta stash and ate a bag of noodles. But kept scratching.
Out of desperation we went to a different vet who scraped again and said yep, it’s mange. $15 worth of ivermectin per dog was all it took to cure them.
Thus made me remember the time my 1st german shepherd kept rubbing her eye. She had a bunch of allergies so we treated her with steroids and antibiotics as usual. But this time it just didn’t work. I finally checked the ingredients on her lamb and rice dog food that she had done great on for years. Yep, “new and improved” on the bag. The improvement? They added wheat! As soon as I switched food she got better.
I had the same thing happen almost a year ago with Orijen. Added salmon (my dog is 4/5 allergic to salmon) with NO notice. Infuriating. Took us weeks to figure it out. 
I’m not sure if you have added any fish oil to their diet if they have dry skin? Its always something to think about. I add 20ml of herring oil or salmon oil daily for my girl.
If you do think it maybe allergies, bovine colostrum work wonders! I give this to my dog daily (1 tsp for a 115lb dog. I purchase it at a feed store as its much cheaper than pet food stores). I have also heard that Quercetin works wonders as well. Its also called natures benedryl. I haven’t tried this but my girl so far does not have any allergies. I also purchase mushroom capsules from amazon that I give my girl 2 caps/day and I take 2 caps/day. I use it to build immunity, but it can also be good for allergies as well. Its not too costly either! I pay about $30 and it lasts us 1 month.
Here are some more natural remedies that you can try for allergies if you so wish:
I just had this emailed to me now and it has some of the ingredients mentioned above all in one:
It would be great if that’s the issue!!
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