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Getting bald patches could be a sign of red mange. Unless treated, it will continually get worse. It can be treated at your vet, but it is expensive and usually doesn’t work very well. I have had 2 AST’s and both got red mange. I went to my local feed store and got a cream that you put on the bare spots. If it is red mange, you have to be dedicated to putting the cream on. Once cured it will not come back. It will not harm your puppy if it is not red mange. You didn’t mention what your puppies skin looked like. If it just has bare spots without its skin being red or irritated it could be from scratching or biting itself. I would worry about any bald spot. Loosing hair at 12 weeks old is not normal. Have it checked out by a good vet. Good luck.

Well if it is “demodex” a type of mange seen sometimes in puppies.. It is not uncommon, but really not normal. Unfortunaly in some breeds it is very common.http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?…
In many dogs it is somthing that can happen and resolve by itself or can be a more serious issue.
Staffies and Pits are commonly affected.. unfortunaly far to many breeders go with the “normal” for these puppies.. when frankly breeding a dog that has any history of a immune issue (which Demodex is) should be avoided. But unfortunaly most breeders do not reaserch their dogs pedigrees enough, or make note of such things like this, or things like allergies and health.. so why so many dogs suffer with these issues..
Amanda

mayby your dog has allipechia ( sorry for spelling :/) but when my dog was a puppy he used to lose his fur at certain times of year in quite large pathces . it didnt hurt him in anyway and it wasn paracites or mange. it was just something that haooend to him. mayby your god has that? in the end my dog grew out of it and hes absoulutly fine now . if she does have allipechia then just make sure your get her a coat for the winter and put sun cream on her in the summer .. ( my dog was in the winter and he is a snauzzer )
so dont worry yourself if it doesnt grow back to much, but allways ask yuor vet of course. if he still says its normal in a long time…. get a new vet !
hope this helps

Did your vet really tell you this? NEW VET- fast!!
Bald patches are usually caused by something – and maybe mange!! Did he do a skin scrape to see if there were any mites there?
Without seeing these bald patches, I’d say this vet is wrong.

It’s not normal for any breed of dog to suddenly start loosing hair & having bald patches.
If a Vet really told you that I’d find another Vet asap. They clearly don’t know what they are talking about.

Your vet told you it was normal? I doubt it. If that’s true, you need another vet