Hair loss on tail

Marinegrunt

First, thanks to Steve and philseargent go the advice about my Zeus' changing eating habits. I've since transitioned him to raw. He's eating like a machine and is at 40lbs plus @19 weeks. My problem now is hair loss on tail. From reading different threads, I've found that there is a sensor gland on the tail and gets bald bc of too much testosterone? I also read that it usually goes away after getting them fixed. I'm not ready to do that yet, is there anything I can do to make the hair grow back? I was putting caster oil on it but it's not working.

Marinegrunt

I take that back, he's 20 weeks. And sorry philsergeant for spelling your name wrong, you'd think I'd know.

BulliesofNC

There's actually two scent glands on a Bull Terrier. One is near the base of the tail and another is on the top of their head. Getting the dog fixed has nothing to do with these glands and neither does the testosterone levels. Male and Females can have this issue. There are actually a few discussions on this topic within this Forum. Here's a couple links that go into detail about this issue. The use of Iodine was said to have worked well.

http://www.bulliesofnc.com/BTforum/discussion/comment/21292/

http://www.bulliesofnc.com/BTforum/discussion/2136/skin-problems/p1

Marinegrunt

Thank you, will give the iodine a try.