Angry Tiny Red Lump & Red Rash In Surrounding Area

[rubiton]

Noticed the dog scratching just on her neck under the collar so went to check what it was. Found a tiny angry red lump (like an angry red pimple/mozzie bite/etc only a mm in size) and the surrounding skin with patchy red rash about 2 inches below sort of in a thick kind of vertical area below it (and a tiny bit above).

Any idea what this might be? Could it be a bite of some sort?

[cashew]

Sounds like a nasty insect bite. Do you have any soothing cream to apply to the lump?

[rubiton]

NO but did clean the entire area with a very salty salt water solution. Not scratching now but obviously not happy when we were pulling hair apart to get a decent look at it.

[TeamSnag]

How old is she? My bitch who is now 10 months old (she was 8 months @ the time) had a rash on her, she has em under her neck and belly.. took her to the vet and he said cos of her age she is changing into a teenager... they were pimples

Edited April 17, 2009 by SeaMonKeY

[rubiton]

She's just turned 10 so WAAAY past pimples (but looks a little like a really angry pimple or human ingrown hair).

I did make an appointment at the vet monday for her cartrophan pre winter course before I found it so if not all gone will get it looked at.

However if nasty insect bite perhaps thats why she's been a tiny bit quieter the last couple of days too, apparently threw up some grass yesterday (just once) - I thought the change was the onset of cold yukky weather (well its got to my knee) straight after the high 20s and sunny days we had early this week.