Nancy is he on something for fleas, I know you say he don't have fleas but the base of the tail is 95% fleas. He coulda gotten em anywhere.

1mg per lb of body weight on Benedryl

25mg tablet for a 25lb dog

Dogs have a different PH than humans... shouldn't use human shampoo on a dog.

But anyways... my dog has some serious itching problems. I've done about everything you could think of to stop it. The only thing that would touch it was Temaril-P. You can do the research on it on the internet and see if it's something you would ask your vet about. No doubt about it, it will stop the itching. I wouldn't advise using it for long periods of times.

Now with that said, I have had allergy test done on him. We give him a shot every couple of days. It helps but at times his allergies get pretty bad. His main allergy is dust... go figure. The allergy test was pretty costly but it was worth it. It keeps his scratching down by over 50%. He doesn't have any raw spots and he can sleep most of the night. Hopefully when we get him up to full dose of his allergy med, it will knock it out completely.

Good luck.

He has been frontlined. He itches all over but that spot is extremely dry. If he had a single flea it would have already found it's way to my ankle by now.

Thanks. He's a chunk at 55 lbs. so we should be good to go with the benadryl. Thanks for the help.

you can give them half a benadryl .

the base of tail is a prime spot for fleas.

also try giving your pet food with no grains and especially no corn .