A few weeks back, my 8-year-old black lab-pit mix developed bare spots
on his "wrists," for want of a better word. One became a hotspot, and
the vet gave me some ointment to put on it. It's no longer raw, but
it's still bare. We can't figure out what would cause these bare
spots.

Then today I found an adolescent stray dog in my yard that looks
almost like mine - he appeared to be about 6 months old. He
definitely has more pit in him. And the weird thing - he had bare
spots in the EXACT same place on his front legs. (No, he's not
related to my dog, who has been fixed for a long time.)

I know pits are prone to mange and other skin conditions - any of you
pit owners experienced this particular condition with your dogs?

Thanks!

tmac

tmac wrote:
A few weeks back, my 8-year-old black lab-pit mix developed bare spots
on his "wrists," for want of a better word. One became a hotspot, and
the vet gave me some ointment to put on it. It's no longer raw, but
it's still bare. We can't figure out what would cause these bare
spots.

Then today I found an adolescent stray dog in my yard that looks
almost like mine - he appeared to be about 6 months old. He
definitely has more pit in him. And the weird thing - he had bare
spots in the EXACT same place on his front legs. (No, he's not
related to my dog, who has been fixed for a long time.)

I know pits are prone to mange and other skin conditions - any of you
pit owners experienced this particular condition with your dogs?

Thanks!

tmac

I'm no expert, but my pit X had the same thing about a year back took him to
the vet and they told me he was doing it to himsilf by biting / chewing
himself after a course of antibiotics and some cream it has started to
disapear but has one bald spot left that got infected.

While behavior issues should always be considered, you really should rule
out medical problems as well. Think thyroid, autoimmune (especially if hair
loss is bilateral), Allergy - food and/or environmental and/or flea, other
derm issues including infection either primary or secondary to allergy,
fungus etc...

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tmac wrote:
A few weeks back, my 8-year-old black lab-pit mix developed bare spots
on his "wrists," for want of a better word. One became a hotspot, and
the vet gave me some ointment to put on it. It's no longer raw, but
it's still bare. We can't figure out what would cause these bare
spots.

Then today I found an adolescent stray dog in my yard that looks
almost like mine - he appeared to be about 6 months old. He
definitely has more pit in him. And the weird thing - he had bare
spots in the EXACT same place on his front legs. (No, he's not
related to my dog, who has been fixed for a long time.)

I know pits are prone to mange and other skin conditions - any of you
pit owners experienced this particular condition with your dogs?

Thanks!

tmac

I'm no expert, but my pit X had the same thing about a year back took him
to the vet and they told me he was doing it to himsilf by biting / chewing
himself after a course of antibiotics and some cream it has started to
disapear but has one bald spot left that got infected.