My 2yr old Golden Ret. is licking his hind quarters raw, taking the fur off and and leaving the skin raw. He is a very sensitive dog and his routine has been interrupted by family trips and a remodeling of our home that required he and my 5Mos. old GSD puppy be boarded for several days and then they had to be kenneled at home while work on refinishing a wood floor was completed. I know what has caused the problem, my question is what do I do short of putting a muzzle on him to keep him from further irritating his skin by licking all his fur off.
Thanks in advance for any and all help
Terry
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Anne Vaini Webboard User Reg: 07-14-2005
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You can use a spray bitter agent like Bitter Apple which is available at Petco/PetsMart/Walmart.
If it does not work (it doesn't work for all dogs) you can purchase a similar product from a veterinarian. It comes in both spray and cream.
Also - you can purchase a canine body suit (or make one out of children's clothes) so that he can't lick until it gets cleared up. I think that would be less stressful than wearing a muzzle, but you would need to be more concerned about heatstroke/heatstress.
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I have used apple cider vinegar mixed with water 1:10 whenever a hot spot sprouted up. I can't say for sure whether or not dogs dislike the taste of vinegar <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> but the spots cleared up very nicely.
Some dogs like Bitter Apple sprays, other dogs are fed ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar) with their food. If you want the cheap (read: cost effective), multi-purpose, dog won't want to lick it home remedy, then do this...
--Go to local drugstore, Wal-Mart, whatever
--Buy regular, unflavored Listerine
--either pour it on the hot spot or dab it on (your preference)
The spot will be disinfected, will dry up, and the dog will not like the taste of it.
Also, if he gets a hot spot and it is crusty and not healing well- shave the hair around and on the spot to help it air out and rid of bacteria. Use a bic razor and shave down to skin- try not to cut the scaly scabs off but it will happen. Then put the medicine. You'll see an amazing difference!
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Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Hot spots:
I also have good results with "Relief" spray, made by DVM. (I'm saying who makes the one I mean because there are several other products called "Relief.") I use it on hot spots to give immediate cooling and de-itching.
It appears to give immediate relief, and it also apparently tastes terrible. I had one dog lick it when I used it between his toes where he was worrying away at allergy flareups, and then stand there looking stunned and letting all the saliva pool in his mouth and drool out the side. It looked very funny, but I'm sure he thought it was less than amusing.
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Cindy and I were talking yesterday about a puppy customer that has dry skin and itching. It seemed that contrary to our advice this person had taken the dog off the all natural diet and vaccinated twice sionce leaving here. These problems developed after doing this.
Cindy pointed out and interesting thing that I had not really noticed - we dont get hot spots on our dogs anymore. I have not had one since before I switched to the raw diet - and thats been years. When I used to feed commercial and vaccinate the snot out of my dogs I had certain dogs that got hot spot. We dont get them anymore.
For those that do - panalog 2 or 3 times a day solves the problem. But you may want to think about this the next time your Vet sayd "Hey your dog is due for his yearly vaccination".
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