My French bulldog is 1 year and he has been shedding a lot. We took him to the vet couple of times and they gave us shampoo and antibiotic but it's not enough, the medicine didn't work and he still sheds. The PROBLEM is that he has these small little bump behind his back. It might be demodex "mites" or mange or some sort. I really hate to see him suffer, he doesn't seem to be bothered by it but I'm sure It does bother him. His back twitches when we touch it sometimes. His skin is somewhat flaky.
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Thank you for posting your question. I see Otis is a 1yr old French Bulldog and the pictures seem to show several red bumps on his abdomen. Where I practice we do see quite a few French bulldogs with environmental allergies. However, that being said there are multiple causes for the bumps that you are seeing. One possible explanation could be a simple environmental allergy. I see that your veterinarian had started Otis on topical shampoo therapy along with oral antibiotics. This is a good approach, and sometimes this can take some time to get results for the problem to resolve. It does appear based on your pictures that Otis may have a skin infection. The topical shampoo and antibiotics will typically treat this. However, sometimes you have to switch to a different antibiotic and shampoo if it has not resolved with the instructed course of treatment. Also, being 1yr old, skin mites such as demodex and Sarcoptic mange (as you have already mentioned) may also be the culprit. If a skin scraping has not been performed, then I would have your veterinarian do this as the current medications will not treat mites. I would also recommend fish oil (such as welactin), dermoscent essential 6 spot on and duoxo chlorhexidine and PS combination shampoo all of which can be found on Amazon.
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