Trouble loves the Kroger brand!  She eats it every day.

I prefer it myself, when the mood strikes me.

Just some thoughts....she is eating grain free now right?  Maybe a little grain might help her coat.  I know a few years back when I switched Maggie to a BARF diet that didn't have any grain in it, her coat got skimpy and her energy level got lower(Bravo Blends raw). 

You could also try adding Missing Link to her diet....that may help her coat.  I use that on my girls and their coats are soft and full.

Tracy, Maggie's Mom

Hi Holly and Susan

Tazzie did have fur issues. First with the high-dose chemo and then again with low-dose. I think our low-dose was about twice the amount used by some other dogs around here (same as Maximutt, more than Jerry). Having said that, his coat had not really recovered from the former before we began the latter. I can't remember – was Holly on regular chemo and in particular doxyrubin (Adriamycin) before now?

One thing that seemed to help was when we began the power mushrooms. I think tazziedog said the same thing about her Tazzie, although she is not around to confirm that (heck – we can put any words in her mouth this week, can't we Comet?!?).

Winter coats are probably the way to go. Sometimes I left a fleece sweater on Tazzie when he was indoors, but he found that too hot.

Hi Susan (it feels like we are talking to ourselves!)

Carboplatin is not supposed to result in hair loss the way that doxy does.

However, from your last post, it is obvious that Holly has evergrowing hair (like a terrier or poodle of course!). Evergrowing hair is supposed to be more likely to fall out. They always say that definitive hair (the kind most dogs have, which stops growing at a certain length) won't fall out. That is not exactly true, for Tazzie's hair did (and I'm sure others have). But that may explain why Holly seems to be more susceptible then some of the other tripups.

Having said this, Tazzie's hair issues were far most pronounced to the places that were growing back after surgery, which meant the hair follicles were active, so I suppose it would be somewhat similar to an ever-growing hair that way. The tail hair tended to fall out even though that of course had not been shaved.