Itchy Dog Project

We have a new set of webpages hosted on the University website, which can be found here: nottingham.ac.uk/research/group… Our old domain no longer works, but all the information has been migrated and updated over to the new site 🐶🐾

Poor little 9-year-old Westie Jay has bad skin allergies so needs a home with owners who can cope with that. Not fond of other dogs, but affectionate & walks nicely on lead. Good clear write-up of his character & needs here ⬇️

Did you need to visit a vet for your dog during the pandemic? Or have you cared for a dog with ongoing health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic? If you live in the UK & answered yes to either of these, @SaraGarstecka would like your help with this survey bit.ly/37k2lQ6

Just a teenage furbag, baby - New research from @UniofNewcastle & @UniofNottingham published in @RSocPublishing reveals that it's not only humans who show typical teenage behaviour, dogs also exhibit adolescent behaviour. #BiologyLetters phys.org/news/2020-05-a…

Published today, my latest research led by @asherblab and with @BeccaSomm provides the first data on adolescent-phase behaviour in young dogs 🐶 There’s a lot of data & interesting findings in it, so I’m going to summarise the paper in this thread 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Vet-Approved Home Remedies to Beat Your Dog's Skin Allergies ourpetshealth.com/info/dog-skin-…

@Khanser Hello, yes unfortunately as we are no longer funded we had to let this domain go. We have a new website here: nottingham.ac.uk/research/group… which should appear in google searches and is linked to our Twitter and Facebook accounts 🙂

@ItchyDogProject Trying to access your website itchydogproject.co.uk and is not working. You need to renew the domain. It expired 10-Nov-2019

@judythevet @BSAVACONGRESS Oops 🙊 see you in April hopefully! 😄

@ItchyDogProject @BSAVACONGRESS Although, I'm not going to get there until April.........

Just had an abstract accepted to talk about our new diagnostic criteria for canine atopic dermatitis at the @BSAVACONGRESS in March 🥳 Hope to see lots of vets there!

To find out what our latest research findings might mean for you and your itchy dog, check out our blog post itchydogproject.co.uk/single-post/20…

We describe the links between stress-health-behaviour, which are not straightforward as each can influence the other. Stress is highly relevant to dermatitis & skin problems as it’s been shown to break down the skin barrier function. Stress-itch-stress may be a vicious cycle.

Our latest @ItchyDogProject study has been published today. This is the piece I am most proud of 🙂 We show that itchy dogs are more likely to have behaviour problems that may indicate they’re experiencing stress as a result of their itchy skin allergy mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/10…

@morris_maxine @Liz8ailey Sorry to hear that! We’ve found that around 25% of dogs with allergies involve a food component (so it’s worth trying a change), but the majority will be environmental allergies, such as dust mites & pollen. Chocolate labs (& their relatives) have extra genetic risk of allergies.

@ItchyDogProject @Liz8ailey We have an itchy lab despite what we feed him. #nightmaretimes

We all ❤️ research!! 1 neater but slightly bemused looking Labrador and 1 bag of freshly brushed out fuzz heading to @ItchyDogProject #research #DogsAreTheBest

@dog_feelings We think. This is the best thread. Ever.

today. is my stuffed fren sebastian’s second birthday. and to celebrate. we would like to see. all of your favorite stuffed frens

@blondelabrador @dog_feelings Beautiful photo!

Feel like browsing tens of thousands of photos of dogs and their stuffed toys? 🐶 🧸 I know I do!

The people who take part in pet health research are some of the best kind of people 😊 Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our research over the past few years 🐾💛

@annviera I've made the submitted (preprint) version of our manuscript available here for anyone who wants a full copy: "Environmental risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis: a retrospective large‐scale study in Labrador and golden retrievers" @ItchyDogProject researchgate.net/publication/33…

@DineshSMohite1 If you email me at itchydogproject@Nottingham.ac.uk I can send you a copy of the paper 👍🏻

@ItchyDogProject Interesting finding that neutering moderately increased the risk of atopy. I would love to read the details.

Here is a blog post explaining the findings of our latest study published today in Veterinary Dermatology, which unfortunately isn't freely accessible. The key points and take home messages are all in here though 🐶🐾 itchydogproject.co.uk/single-post/20… itchydogproject.co.uk/single-post/20…