COBBLE was a dog, now he is a service animal
Which means that he doesn't get to play as much as he would like, but he goes to work with Margaret pretty much every day. Every time we take a trip he gets to go on vacation to the dog sitter, who has a house with a yard and other dogs to with which to play.
He also eats some really good food. When we got him he shed his hair at a prodigious rate, so we decided to try an more natural diet for him. After feeding him the natural diet for about a month his scratching and shedding greatly diminished.
COBBLE'S NATURAL DIET
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, and a teaspoon of salmon oil
Dinner: 1/4 lb of raw ground beef, turkey or other meat, about a cup of cooked squash or sweet potato (or some other vegetable), and a teaspoon of salmon oil.
Cobble is a border collie mix.