What the evidence actually says about Golden Retriever skin: ears are the breed's strongest measured risk, the breed has its own genetic scaling disease, and the wheat-allergy story is wrong.
Topic
Ear Care
The Labrador's defining skin problem is its ears — and ear disease in this breed is an allergy problem wearing a water-dog disguise. What the evidence actually shows about Labrador ears, allergies, hot spots and coat, including the chocolate-colour finding and the one skin disease that is genuinely specific to the breed.
Head shaking, scratching and a distinctive smell from your dog's ears. What recurrent ear infections are really telling you, how to clean an ear canal that is shaped to trap trouble, and what should never go in one.