Hairless dog

[kjohn2hunt]

A friend of mine has a male that where he should have black or tan hair he has none ,but where he has white hair it's all there and looks like it should .Has any one ever have a dog crop out like this. The good part is he can run "the hair" off of a rabbit.

[Vickie]

What color is his skin?

[MoBear]

Got a "blue" beagle like that.. Vet says they are rare. Genetic mutation causes the black to be a gray. In this particular case, he has alopecia where the black hair normally would be. The tan and white areas are grown in normal. The affected area has a "grey" fuzzy nap with just a few hair bristles. He has a patch of white on his back that is normal and looks weird because it stands up like an island.
If you google canine alopecia, you will see several different types with treatments from castration to melatonin to thyroid supplementation.
Tried thyroxine but it didn't stimulate any growth. Vet thinks it is genetic because the other colors are normal. The dog seems to be healthy in every other way. Occasionally, since he doesn't have a hair barrier, he will develop an infection and the fuzz will fall out. It seems to be fungal in nature and responses nicely to Miconazole cream. His littermates (another male and a female) have healthy "grey" regions and don't display alopecia. (Rough when you don't have hair to turn away briars!)

[deacon]

I have a black and white open marked female that has had the same problem. She is also a blue dog. The black is actually blue but it looks black to me. Had trouble keeping hair on her, only the dark hair fell out. The white hair was fine. Have had no problem with hair loss since I started adding about a tablespoon of vegetable oil to her feed. The vegtable oil says it is soybean oil.Very inexpensive to add to the feed. Better than having a hairless dog. Hard to stay warm this winter with no hair. Type of dog food could also have some something to do with it. Should see improvement in about two weeks.

[deacon]

I have a black and white open marked female that has had the same problem. She is also a blue dog. The black is actually blue but it looks black to me. Had trouble keeping hair on her, only the dark hair fell out. The white hair was fine. Have had no problem with hair loss since I started adding about a tablespoon of vegetable oil to her feed. The vegtable oil says it is soybean oil.Very inexpensive to add to the feed. Better than having a hairless dog. Hard to stay warm this winter with no hair. Type of dog food could also have some something to do with it. Should see improvement in about two weeks.

[t-city kennels]

I have a line of dogs that are blue tan and white, and where they are blue they are like what you have described.

[MoBear]

Won't hurt to try some oil.. thanks..

Bitch that threw the blue beagles has thrown half tri and half "blues" the last 2 litters. Previously everything was tri..
When born, their color looks field mouse grey. They grow hair and the blue turns a little darker but not black.
This male just grew tan and white hair but the "blue" just stayed with the same fuzzy grey stuff he had from birth.

[Windkist]

Won't hurt to try some oil.. thanks..

Bitch that threw the blue beagles has thrown half tri and half "blues" the last 2 litters. Previously everything was tri..
When born, their color looks field mouse grey. They grow hair and the blue turns a little darker but not black.
This male just grew tan and white hair but the "blue" just stayed with the same fuzzy grey stuff he had from birth.

This sounds like a genetic problem that can be avoided by removing that bitch and her offspring from your breeding program. Even if you bred her to a dom tri dog you could still have her offspring produce this. I would think that any dog that produces or is affected with alopecia should be spayed or neutered.

Leah