With the business I'm in, my dogs are not allowed to have skin issues! But no matter who you are or how well you take care of your animals, these things are going to happen.
My poor little Skoshi, a black and white Shih Tzu, has been suffering from a severe allergic response to something that bit him over the weekend, possibly a flea or an ant. The photo on the left of his upper right front leg, taken on Sunday, shows a raging hot spot, several of which had developed overnight from his scratching and biting himself.
When a dog is highly allergic, his entire body will feel hot and his skin will seem to glow pink. Skoshi tries to run away from his skin, and his behavior becomes very strange. Sometimes he even growls at the demon in his skin not understanding why he feels so tortured. Skoshi was itching all over his body, even though the bites were only on his belly.
every shampoo on the market.) Then, after clipping the hair around the wounds, we treated the inflamed areas and bites with our hot spot salve twice a day. The photo on the left was taken on Tuesday, only two days after applying the salve.
Today is Thursday, and he is almost completely back to normal. This weekend we'll give him another bath and check him over carefully before pronouncing him cured!
