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Can anyone please recommend their home remedies for hot spots? I've seen them mentioned in the past but haven't taken much notice because my dogs have never got them. But when the vet took a blood sample from Ruby they shaved her leg too close and it has irritated her, and now she's licking it and it has turned a bit yucky. I have bandaged it for now to stop her licking it, but I know it needs air to it too so if anyone can give me some remedies to help clear it that would be great, thanks!! She is on AB's at the moment too, will that help?

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Hydrogen perioxide will help kill the bugs & dry it out or the puff powder medicated works well too

Anti biotics may assist

We use an eye cream occasionally that works miracles but vets won't hand it out .

I don't understand why vets have to clip it is such a lazy way of doing things

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I don't get why the vets clip either. I always tell them not to because they are show dogs and they never have a problem. In fact the only dog I have had who they had trouble with was the one they clipped :rofl: She ended up with bald patches on both front legs and her neck :o Luckily it was my bed warmer Kelpie :laugh:

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We don't let them clip our retirees ,i can understand maybe the occasional trim in a matted dog but most clip half a leg of & then tell you its for hygiene reasons :confused:

That is why i love our vet not only is he could but they aren't clipper happy

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Oh the vets went clipper happy with her. She has a huge chunk of hair shaved from her neck AS WELL!!

I have never understood what the clipping is for unless you have a long haired dog. But she is a Lab with leg hair shorter than her body. And the shaved patch is massive! To top it off it was clipped too close and irritated her :(

Thanks for the tips showdog. I also think she is going to become a first time bucket head. She isn't going to be impressed, but anything to stop the licking!!!!

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Hmm both specialists have been good with limiting the amount of hair they have had to clip off Kenz. Considering its been unavoidable. It still takes an eternity to grow back.

Same with Mason, his allergy patch testing took like 10 months to grow back totally!! But clip Gibbs and 5 das later his hair is totally back cant see he has been clipped he grows hair very fast

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Is Rectinol over the counter or prescription? (Edit: just googled it and um yeah, not too keen on walking into the chemist and asking for that laugh.gif)

I don't have Neocort, nor would the vet write me a prescription for one. So I'm looking for remedies that do not involve prescription medication :)

I've dabbed at it with cotton wool with a bit of hydrogen peroxide on it, and she's now wearing her bucket head. I will lightly bandage at night though, I can't ask her to sleep with the bucket on and I don't want to catch her middle of the night licking it!!

Here is the poor girl looking sorry for herself laugh.gif

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Witchhazel is good for hotspots, but not sure about clipper rash. You can get over the counter bite,graze etc ointment that has local anaesthetic and anti-inflammatory in it.

Hehehehehe just say the rectinol is for your dog :) Has many many uses that do not involved bottoms!!

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I could walk in and ask for rectinol and canestan and see if I get a raised eyebrow laugh.gif

The clipper rash has been licked enough (on the sly cos I certainly don't permit her to lick it!) to cause it to go redder and a bit gooey so has probably turned into a hotspot. I am not familiar with them because I've never experienced them in any of my dogs before.

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RS, Sarge gets hot spots regularly. He had two recently when he saw Deb and she said to clean with peroxide and follow up with dabbing of tea tree oil or betadine. Don't put creams on them because they keep it gooey when it needs to dry out. Be overly cautious with dogs licking them. Even if you don't think the dog will, better to put a bucket collar on (which I see you have done :thumbsup: ). I accidentally let Sarge have his bucket collar off a bit earlier than I should and he nibbled the recently-scabbed hotspot and it was just awful. Took ages to heal after that.

I have used haemorrhoid cream and also cortisone cream in the past but in my experience they heal a lot faster when you don't use creams.

I hope Ruby is feeling better soon!

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I know and have seen it work but the mouth wash Listerine is great and dries it out straight away. A friend has a labrador and she gets it hasnt had one for awhile now and been to vets about it and used stuff that didnt work and got bigger and his breeder said for him to use listerine and had disappeared and now when he sees a spot he just gets it out and hasnt had a problem since

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Hi all :) A friend of mine has a couple of pet-friendly places for rent in Rockingham. From my understanding they are units (2br I think) but both have a good size yard.

If anyone knows anyone who might be interested let me know and I can find out some more info.

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Hey everyone I hope you all had a good weekend!

RS I hope Ruby's hot spot is better soon. I agree they don't need to shave most of the time. My sister managed to convince her vet not to shave Charlie's leg (OES) and so if they can manage with an OES I'm pretty sure they can handle a short coated breed!!

Poor spartan is suffering a bit (self inflicted not that he would know!) from getting hold of some chicken a few weeks ago... his usual pustules are back all over his tummy and back legs. Poor boy - i have cream for it but if it doesnt start improving soon I'll have to get him on some cortisone (first time in 5 years) and antibiotics :(

sorry MG not been to Lancelin ever!!

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