[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: hot spot?(please read)
- From: Doris E <irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rdg718@xxxxxxxxx, "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 10:30:08 -0700
john garnett wrote:
>This GS male of ours, whose 31/2 yrs of age, started
>having excessive scratching on the side of his face
>and head, and also was shaking his head alot!!!
>thought maybe he might of had an ear infection and
>began to treat it with Dixie treatment for a few
>days,got no results. Started to get worse, so we took
>him to his Vet., the Vet checked his ears out said
>that they were the cleanest ears they have ever seen,
>however no ear infection! then they began to shave the
>side of his face near the jawline and claimed he had a
>HOT SPOT! my question is has anyone ever seen or heard
>of hot spot near or around the face area? I thought
>that the hot spots appeared on the lower body area
>ie..back, legs. The vet claimed that Listerine is
>great to treat hot spots but it would not work because
>of the area of where he had his wound and also dogs
>cannot or don't want to lick the area of where the
>Listerine is applied, but yet where he has the wound
>he would still be able to scratch it. We will probably
>never find out what caused it whether it was bug bite,
>allegies or anything like that. Also I asked the Vet
>if it could have been poison ivy or oak and she said
>that she had never seen that happend my question is it
>possible for dogs to react to either of those? Thanks
>for all of your experitise and advice on this matter. john
>
>*Hot spot, no, but I have had a dog with demodectic mange on his face. You
>might want to culture for that. Doris E*
>
>
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