Help! Can’t figure out what’s wrong with my chow

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Help! Can’t figure out what’s wrong with my chow

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Hi all,

I have a 4 year old, cream chow chow. We adopted her when she was 1 year old, did a doggy dna test that came back purebred. She began to have a lot of skin issues shortly after. After changing her food and keeping her from grassy areas, we decided to get an allergy test. Turns out she is allergic to almost everything. The list was about 4 pages long. She can really only eat pork, duck, and sweet potatoes. So we put her on a prescription diet, Hills duck and potatoes. She was doing very well the last couple of years until recently.

She started having some discoloration around her lower and upper lip. Took her to the vet and he prescribed an antibiotic and an ointment to apply daily. 2 weeks later, she’s finished with her antibiotics..it looks better than it did before but it’s not completely gone. The vet thinks it’s lip fold dermatitis from accumulation of saliva and moisture.

What I’ve been doing for ointment is using vet md chlorhexidine wipes to clean it then apply the ointment. Since it’s right by her mouth she tries to lick it off immediately after applying, so I try to hold her still for about 2 minutes and let her go. And just today I found a white pimple on her inner lip.

It’s stressing me out. She has a vet appointment in a week and a half, but I was wondering if anyone else has this problem with their chow and what you did to cure it?

My dog is smaller than most chows and I don’t think has many folds. I’ve attached links to some images. Please let me know what you think!

https://imgur.com/gallery/rEd1Yyp
https://imgur.com/gallery/sJGAmkz
https://imgur.com/gallery/sAv0f9e
https://imgur.com/gallery/cIWaPva
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