Our pup has demodectic mange...anyone experienced with this? [View All]

We noticed a tiny bald patch with a scab in it on her head a couple weeks ago. Thought the scab was a result of her wrestling with my dad's dog (thought she'd just been nicked by a tooth or something.)

Took her to the vet today for her spay incision check-up, and asked the him about the scabby bald patch. He immediately said it looked like mange, and did a test...sure enough, it turned out to be the hereditary form of mange (called demodectic mange.) I had only ever heard of the contagious kind of mange so I was very alarmed by this. We now have to give her a very expensive "dip" treatment for the next 3 months.

Vet said this treatment should take care of it, but it is always possible that it won't work. Has anyone here ever dealt with this before? I'm just wondering what to expect...did some Google searching, but I'd like to hear some personal accounts if anyone has any.

Thanks guys! :-)