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The patches on your dog are just what Levi's patches look like. Thank you so much for your help. This is the first year that he has gotten them and I had no idea what was happening. I am relieved to have a name for it.

No, he hasn't lost any of the hair in those areas.

My 4 year old boxer, Levi, has developed dark skin patches about the size of a fist under his fur on both of his sides. This is something new and we are not sure what is going on. To the eye it just looks like the skin has changed color. He is healthy, eats and plays well and does not scratch...

My 3 year old boxer Levi has had the same problem with the bumps like you describe. Last year in the spring he was on antibiotics for 8 weeks. The vet felt that it was an allergy that turned into a staph infection. At the end of the eight weeks he was free of the bumps. He broke out again...

Bumps My boxer Levi has also had a problem with bumps. His whole back was covered in them. At first the vet thought it was food allergies but changing his food did not help. I took him back on Tuesday and we saw a different vet in our group. He took one look and said that it was a bacterial...

Levi's hives continued to multiply even after changing to Natural Balance food for allergies. I took him back to the vet on Monday and saw a different doctor (third one). He walked in took one look at Levi and said it wasn't hives but a bacterial infection. Levi has been on an antibiotic...

No, Bella and Levi are not siblings. Bella is from South Florida and Levi is orginally from Georgia. You wouldn't know it though. They love each other so much. There was never a get adjusted time, they adored each other from the first meeting. She is an instigator, and leads him in to...

Thanks for the info on ZD, I will definitly check it out. We live in the Panhandle of Florida and right now it seems as if everything is blooming. I have had trouble with allergies lately so it is very possible that pollen is bothering him. The benedryl is keeping him from itching and the...

Bella, our 1&1/2 year old boxer broke out in red bumps around her neck when we put a collar that had metal links on her. As soon as we stopped using it the bumps went away. We have only used nylon collars on her since then and we have not had any more problems.

Levi and Hives Cleaned the carpet tonight with allergen cleaner and bathed Levi with hypoallergenic shampoo. Hopefully all of this with the benedryl with work. Thanks for your input!

Levi our 2 year old boxer has broken out in hives. I have taken him to the the ER vet twice in the past week and he had Benedryl and steroid shots both times. The regular vet put him on ZD food and told me to give him 75 mg of Benedryl 3X a day. I have followed instructions even bathing him...

Hello, we have two fawn boxers, Levi (2 years old) and Bella (1 and 1/2 years old.) Both are very spoiled babies that we adopted throught rescue. I have enjoyed reading about boxers on this site since these are our first boxers.