Hi,

My wife and I own a 7-year-old cocker who has seen it all. Recently we
had to take him to the emergency animal hospital (it was over a Holiday
weekend, of course) for a slipped disc in his back, which was paralyzing
his back legs. While we were there we were informed that he was
overweigh and had bad skin, hence my reason for writing. The vet only
offered the use of pregnazone to resolve this problem, but due to the
urgency of his back, we were never able to follow up regarding his skin
issue. Now that he is back to his old ways, we've noticed that his
pregnazone medication has worn off and the skin irritation is back.

Can anyone tell us what this irritation is, and how me can treat it
without pregnazone?

Oh, yeah...this dog has also had infected ears that the vet recommended
that we have sewn shut, but with the help of folks like you, we were
able to nurse them back to health and he reminds all the time (i.e., he
barks at every peep!).

Many thanks,
Walt