Freaking out! Pics, what is this???

[emm0r]

My dog has been scratching her shoulder all day and I found this on the top of her shoulder! It looks a bit manky I cleaned it and put some sudocream on it! I am not sure what to do and suggestions?? poor princess puppy!

 

[Vicstress]

is it oozing? looks like some sort of bacterial thing that's irritating her? Id pop to the vets she might need an antibiotic jab?

 

[MurphysMinder]

Hard to tell from the picture but could be a hot spot. I'd monitor it for 24 hours and continue to bathe and apply sudocrem. If not improvement then pop her to the vets.

Ets. I would try and trim the hair away from the sore area to get some air to it.

 

[emm0r]

It is not oozing it is wet because I had just washed it again and hasn't dried it! It is just red and quite sore it doesn't look infected just almost like a friction burn type thing?

 

[satinbaze]

If it is raised and looks red and angry and your dog is under : years old it could b a hystiocytoma. A benign tumour that disappears after a few weeks. I would not use suspect em as it tends to dry the skin out too much and also it forms clumps due to its thick consistency. I would let your vet check this lesion out, always better b on the safe side

 

[emm0r]

It is not raised just red I will see what it's like in the morning, she seems fine in herself

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Like this?

Think this was a hotspot. I was recommended athletes' foot powder and it dried and scabbed over within a day. I deflead the dogs and the house too, just in case it was a mad reaction to fleas.

 

[emm0r]

Yes just like that! Athletes foot powder seems like a good idea! I will ring my vet in the morning just to check though! And she is due a de flea so will do that tomorrow too! thanks you everyone!

 

[The Bouncing Bog Trotter]

Looks like she has wet eczema. Is she a lab? My lab was very prone to it. Vet tomorrow.

 

[twiglet84]

Looks like wet eczema. Clip all hair round area and clean. Xx may need antibiotics too x

 

[Clodagh]

I think wet eczema too, our lab gets it. We get fuciderm gel from the vets, its great stuff and once the area is clipped and scrubbed a few days of slapping the gel on fixes it.

 

[Beans1]

I would say ringworm - which athlete foot powder or cream will work on as ringworm is a fungal infection.

 

[misterjinglejay]

Looks to me, like a hotspot - my samoyed gets them (or used to before we switched to raw feeding ).

Wash with collodial silver, or savlon, pat dry and apply athletes foot powder. You need to do this several times a day as hotspots grow really quickly. Try and keep him busy so he doesn't worry at it - we sometimes put a sock on one foot, so they worry at that instead!

 

[milo'n'molly]

Maybe hypocare? Fantastic stuff and know for a fact its good for athletes foot, have used it for cuts, scrapes and dog bites too on horse dog and oh.