Dry Skin Golden Retriever. In Europe alone more than 50 of the Golden Retriever population are carriers of Ichthyosis. Hot spots are a quite common skin problem among golden retrievers these are swollen inflamed patches of skin that cause itching pain and sometimes are filled with pus.
Increased allergic reaction effects. Run your fingers through her coat and feel for skin bumps hot spots seeping sores and bare skin patches. The belly may also have darkly pigmented dry skin.
Canine Ichthyosis is a rare chronic skin disease.
Fish oil is a. Fish oil is a. Golden Retrievers skin is prone to dryness and they make it worse by scratching licking and biting. I adopted my 2 year old golden retriever in January.