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Can someone help me understand hot spots?
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"Charley Sante" wrote: "Suzie-Q" wrote in message ... My dog gets hot spots. Normally I treat them with cortisone spray and they go away. For the past few days she's had a particularly nasty hot spot that has gotten larger. Neither cortisone nor Gentamicin Topical Spray have helped much. Please help me to understand hot spots. What causes them? Why does my dog insist on licking and causing the raw spots? How can I prevent them? What is the best way to provide her some relief from the discomfort she is obviously feeling. Please provide any other info you might find helpful. Thank you, My dog (a 1 year old Yellow Lab) was biting his tail at the root (Vet said his anal gland was blocked, and was causing an itch). After squeezing it, he still wouldn't stop biting his tail. The vet advised a neck-funnel (don't know wat you US-guy's call those) so he couldn't reach his butt. elizabethan collar! I hate those things, i think they will drive a dog nuts. I tried the wits end method. (difficult to read such a long textfile if English is not your native language) Luckily this is without all the "HOWE's" etc.so at least it's readable for somebody like me. The minute he started to bite i trew my key's next to him on the floor, and praised him (he stopped biting and looked up when he heard the sound) I did this 7 times, after that the tailbiting completely stopped. Just give the wits end method a try. One of the possible downloadlocations is http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 =============== From: Paul B ) Subject: dog chewing he paw raw. Date: 2004-01-01 22:19:01 PST Both my dogs at some stage have licked a spot somewhere on their bodies and I have always managed to train them to stop. In all cases there was nothing wrong that licking would have helped (Roz has had cut pads, stitches in her belly and skin irritations, all tempting her to lick), none of their licking has been due to any allergies. When I see the dog licking more than normal I look at the spot to see whats there and decide if a vet appointment is needed or to wait and see, keeping a close eye. To stop the licking I distract the dog and give it some friendly banter, when it starts licking again I repeat, usually after about 4 times the dog stops, for the moment at least, if it starts again then repeat, before long the dog has no more desire to lick that spot at all. Paul -- 8^)~ Sue (remove the x to email) ~~~~ http://www.umbrellahatsociety.com/ http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ |
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