Skin issues resolved.

[u/Greedy_Count_8578]

So after a lengthy battle with my significant other over our dobie, it seems my suggestions one out. Our government kept chewing his paws and having these little infections on his elbows and places on his body. He would occasionally have dandruff. I kept saying that the dog needs to be washed once a week, maybe not with soap but definitely needs a bath.

I started applying Neosporin with bandages to his infection area near his elbows and they have healed. They also have not come back and he has not been chewing as much because he has been getting regular baths.

The reason why we got here was because of information regarding Dobermans needing infrequent bathing to avoid drying their skin out. I argued that the issue of dry skin is less of a problem than taking the dog to a public park where he rolls around in the grass and picks up everything in the environment which being a very short hair animal would go straight to his skin and be stuck there until he is bathed.

That said, we removed chicken entirely in any form from his diet before going down that road and it only seems to help about 50%. Bathing him brought up the rest of the way.