I never have skin issues with my dogs.... until now.
The cause in this instance is a lay-away from digging during the hot days of August, so the dogs did not get their weekly bath. Perhaps a flea made its way into the yard? Perhaps a few river swims initiated a fungus? Perhaps both? Who knows?
In any case, I noticed a redness at the backside of Misto yesterday while we were kayaking, and a higher than average amount of scratching when I was loading the boat.
Upon inspection, I think it’s a spot of yeast dermatitis. What to do? Off to Tractor Supply for chlorhexadine and a topical fungus treatment. A gallon of chlorhexadine (2% solution) was $15, and a bottle of fungicide was $12.
After I got home, I washed Misto and then sprayed him well with the fungicide. I then popped a baby benadryl (25 mg) in him, and 500 mg of amoxcillin as a loading dose.
No scratching this morning. I sprayed him again with fungicide and gave him another round of amoxicillin.
Chlorhexadine is next after 2-3 days with the fungicide.
Whatever it is, this regime should fix the problem, and will not do the dog (or my wallet) any harm.
I swear by MTG: Main, Tail, Groom, for my horse, donkey, and dogs, works great, cheap, so easy, in a day or two success. Just throwing it out there for future reference.
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Nicki Piersol-Freedman