Mocha is an 8 year old, german Shepard/boxer mix that looks like neither breed. For the last couple of months she has just looked Sad and haggard, and has scratched furiously, mostly at her front "shoulders" and head. Upon examining the shoulders, the fur looks very thin and there are black dots evident on her skin there. After touching the black dots, they disappear back down into the skin, only to reappear a few seconds later in the same. Or another spot nearby, leading me to the supposition that the dots are breathing apparati/proboscis for a parasite(s). Just below mocha's tear ducts there has been wet patches for as long as I can recall--possibly 1 year. I decided to investigate these wet areas and discovered that many of the hairs nearest the follicle were matted together in clumps of 12 or so hairs with what looked initially like a brown blob of possibly dead skin. These blobs are approximately 1 cm in length. As a Mycologist. I scope at least 3 fungi per day, so I took samples of the blobs and scoped them at 400X first in Hydrochloric acid, then added Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) and Methylene Blue to the sides of the cover slip and sealed it with Hoyers mounting medium. Apparently, the hysterosoma (the shell) is transparent, as all i see are limbs, actually, I don't know what I'm seeing. But they obviously possess a transparent integuement, or whatever it is termed for these Acari. I am sure the integuement is transparent because after almost 48 hours of being sealed on a slide with caustic chemicals they are still moving up and down hair shafts, which, to me is mind blowing. I pretty much can only make out the 2 front head claws/palyps of "possibly" Cheyletiella yasguri, and other unusual shapes that obviously belong to the same individuals. I cannot decipher much morphology here. Can you help identify these please? I very much apologize for the terrible microscopy. We have 3 other German Shepards, 2 of which are Mochas pups (both are 2 years old) and then there's the Dad, Bear. All of the dogs have been treated for fleas, ticks, and heartworms recently, but still itch furiously 2 weeks after the medicine. Last image appears to be an egg strand. Also, at some point in their development, they seemingly cover themselves in a piece of mocha's skin and walk around with it on... like walking dandruff. Here's the better of the images: