bad skin

Hi, the plant could be it, but just to be safe in case it is some kind of allergy, it could be food or something else, the problem is if it is food related you want to make sure you aren't giving her something that she is allergic too. You may want to consider allergy testing if her belly doesn't clear up. They will tell you exactly what she is allergic to, they test for foods, materials, grasses etc. Good diet is important, feeding wet foods and raw is great that helps to keep their skin healthy, feeding dry only is bad, coconut oil in their food is also great for skin and coat. Sometimes overloading them with all kinds of shampoos and meds can also cause issues, keeping it simple is best. How long has it been she ate plant? Let me know.

Dog allergies come out on the skin -- the two areas you mentioned actually could specifically be a contact allergen (dogs tend to lick their feet in ANY kind of allergy but combine that with the chin and belly that rest on the floor/carpet which llikely contain oil residue from anything *you* walked on outside -- it sounds very like this *could* be a contact allergy..  Are the dog's lips (the edges of the mouth) a bit of an angry red?  If they are licking to get the itchy stuff OFF and it is a contact allergy it will often burn the edges of the mouth)

However -- if it *is* a contact allergy (and really the vet should be able to tell that -- but if so, you will have to do more than you've done (and that's darned good thinking by the way).  You'll need to clean your floors/carpets with a degreaser but then RINSE seriously because even residue from shampoo/degreaser will also irritate skin that is already irritated.

Do you happen to have St. Augustine sod?  Most states in the South-- particularly areas that may go shy of rain (Florida, Texas, Arizona/NewMexico and everywhere in between)  use St. Augustine sod heavily because it's got this giant root system that holds moisture better than normal grass.  BUT in that complicated root system there are two little weeds that are bred into the sod -- doveweed and dayflower.  Wee tiny little white/blue buds if you don't mow quite frequently enough -- doveweed specifically looks like a wee tiny string of leaves that looks more like it should be on a Barbie dollhouse than your yard (wee tiny tiny little leaves).  But those two are FIERCE contact allergens.

NEXT -- contact allergens in dogs are like poison icy in people (and there are actually more contact allergens for dogs than even WE have -- but we don't walk on our hands and feet and generally we keep shoes on in any event - they don't) -- BUT if there is an underlying thing like high liver values or low thyroid??  Then nothing you do specificalky for the skin will win.  So if this doesn't clear up the first thing is to have the vet do a full blood chemistry to SEE what the liver looks like, and second you may want to send a breed specific thyroid panel to Hemopet or Michigan State (a regular lab thyroid panel is pretty much a total waste if you are trying to diagnose a skin problem -- they just aren't accurae enough and this IS a boxer.  http:://www.hemopet.org.  

My email is callieatcritturs@yahoo.com -- I work with dogs with skin issues all the time -- holler if you want to, and I can at least tell you questions to ask your vet. or give you thots on alternatives

do not know if she did  eat any plants or rubbed up again any, just wiped out  anything that looked dangerous, but cheers will try coconut oil

in new zealand. but little white flowers had some of them think it was called creeping willow pulled all of them out. her sister never get skin problems her skin and fur is a lot softer and thick. but cheers will check out website