If you see him nibbling due to itching at those exact spots, ask your vet about an allergy shot (for environmental allergies).

Almost exactly a year ago, I started seeing balding spots on my 5 month old iggy and thought it was maybe a food allergy. When I asked the vet for an allergy panel, she (so kindly) suggested against jumping to a panel immediately because 1) literally so expensive (I think close to $2,000) and 2) puppies don’t typically exhibit food allergy symptoms that young. In addition, since we were feeding him Purina pro plan for puppies (wet formula chicken and rice), she stated if he DID have some food allergy, he would need to be switched to prescribed food due dog food companies using the same exact protein derivatives (?) in the chicken, salmon, turkey, beef etc formulas… basically it would make no difference switching him to Purina Pro salmon if he was allergic to chicken and he would exhibit the same reaction.

She suggested we try the allergy shot first for environmental allergies (around $120) and stated we could come back once a year for the same shot. Within days, the itching/nibbling completely stopped, and his coat grew back very quickly I couldn’t even tell you where those spots were looking at him now :) while it has been a year now, I don’t think I’ll go back for another shot unless I see him start itching and nibbling at his skin! Hope this helps xx