Dry skin?

We keep having problems with Edgar being a little bit itchy. He is being fed Trout and Potato formula from Flint River Ranch. When I bath him I use HyLyt shampoo. Yesterday I trimmed him down again because when i was combing him I was noticing flaky areas on his skin along with some smallish scabs again. I know that some of you use supplements for your dogs to help with their skin. Do you think that this could help Edgar adding a supplement to his diet? I know I have heard talk about Missing Link before. Would this be the one you would recommend or something different?

It's very frustrating not being able to figure out what is causing this. I swear he goes to the vet every month. 8O
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We had a GSD that had skin problems, our dear Shasta was always flaking, itching, shedding etc. We used to give her vitamin E and omega complex. It helped a lot. I would ask the vet before starting to use anything tho. Oh and I forgot we also would give her brewer's yeast.
Have you had Edgar checked for low thyroid? Our rescue girl Sassy had horribly low levels and now that she's on meds her skin is shaping up nicely.

She's also on Omega 3 fish oil capsules which seem to be helping and we use an oatmeal moisturizing shampoo.
We have Bing on fish oil to help with skin as well. Hope it's something simple that clears up quickly!
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