i have a 9 year old male who has been on protopic and pred which did cure his fistulas(developed late in his years)...we dropped the protopic to just twice a week and the pred (10mg) only on the days he doesnt get the protopic...he is losing all his hair and hair on his nose is a small circle where the hair turned white...the vet said no fungus and it is not mange....am totally at a loss...any help would be appreciated....vet suggested maybe a biopsy but doubts it will show anything....he feels it is an allergy to something....have been feeding him vet formula dog food....natalie ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================