It's tiny now, about the size of a dime on a rear "ankle", and I've used some bag balm and vet wrap on it, we'll see what it looks like when I get home from work.
Last Spring a pet store owner told me to try acidophilus supplements to help him get over it quickly. I'm curious to hear opinions on this suggestion, or any advice anyone has to stop the wound from growing. (Hot Spot remedies are legion on the internets---who can believe any of them?)
Ripley's diet consists of fish formula Orijen kibble with Salmon Oil and Vitamin E supplements. Good healthy treats, with a Milk Bone tossed to him by a neighbor every so often. He weighs 65 pounds, is a Labrador Retriever cross.
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My derma vet says the goal with hot spots is to kill bacteria and keep them dried out as much as possible. We use Chlorhexidine spray for antibacterial, and let that dry, then apply the maximum strength Gold Bond powder. It really works good - the powder really helps dry the hot spot quickly. Creams keep it gooey and doesn't promote the drying. The powder also seems to make it feel better so the dog doesn't bite or scratch at it much. We had a golden who got a LOT of hot spots (knock on wood - our current golden hasn't gotten them), and we tried EVERYTHING! The gold bond definitely worked the best.
Quinn gets a severe reaction to any flea bite, and it always ends up as a hot spot. They are horrible!!!! Nothing has helped heal them faster or with less damage than the Gold Bond.
He has one that is just going through the final crusty stage and I found a small one on the side of his face. LIBERAL powdering.
This darned spot better not get big or cause too much hair loss, we have the ARV nationals in six weeks...
I wish I would've known about the Gold Bond when Otto got his hot spot! Then I wouldn't have had to take him to the vet and get the Pyoben shampoo, lol.
I know nothing about flea bites and hot spots, but about 10 yrs ago I had a Border Collie that kept getting severe hot spots. We had taken her to different vets and tried all their suggestions and medications, but in the end a lady at a feed store told me to put her on a different diet; one that had no corn and wheat in particular. We put her on a diet of lamb and rice and within a few weeks all spots (which had turned into a mass of sores after all this time) dried up and she quit biting at them. In no time she was completely cleared up, and as long as we kept her on a diet of lamb and rice she was fine. You may know this already, but I just thought I would let you know what worked for us in case it would help you. Good luck!
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I know nothing about flea bites and hot spots, but about 10 yrs ago I had a Border Collie that kept getting severe hot spots. We had taken her to different vets and tried all their suggestions and medications, but in the end a lady at a feed store told me to put her on a different diet; one that had no corn and wheat in particular. We put her on a diet of lamb and rice and within a few weeks all spots (which had turned into a mass of sores after all this time) dried up and she quit biting at them. In no time she was completely cleared up, and as long as we kept her on a diet of lamb and rice she was fine. You may know this already, but I just thought I would let you know what worked for us in case it would help you. Good luck!
Ten years ago, lamb and rice was still in its phase of being a novel food. It was petering out, as more and more commercial foods were including lamb as a protein sources, but it was still enjoying that hayday.
A dog who has a food allergy (which is the least frequent type of allergy for dogs) would be given a novel protein, which means simply a protein source that the dog has never eaten. (Allergies develop with repeated exposure.) Ten, fifteen years ago, lamb was still pretty novel -- depending on the individual dog, of course.
I'd guess that your BC had a food allergy, and that eliminating the allergen did the trick for her. It sounds as if in her case, the allergen was one of those two protein grains (corn or wheat). In fact, corn and wheat protein problems are not at all uncommon. They are best avoided, IMO, if grains are fed at all.
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