ONE OF MY COW DOGS IS SICK

[HAY MAKER]

Every year my red heeler gets a few lesions on her front paw/leg that she continuously bites,this year it has spread pretty good and looks to be gettin worse,clears up in winter and gets worse in the summer,I wonder what would help her,I been putting a tropical salve on it but it dont seem to be helping ??...............good luck

[kolanuraven]

MIne had a form of eczema once and I use a steriod cream on it.....it was one that the dermotologist had prescribed for poison ivy. Cleared it right up.

Maybe ask yer vet for something like that. Hard part will be to keep her from chewing.

[Faster horses]

What is it they put on a baby's butt. Desetin, I think it is. Works wonders for lots of things. You might try that.

For those of you, whose horses get 'scratches', Desetin works great
to treat scratches.

[IL Rancher]

I have a Kelpie who has this problem at times. With him it is anxiety and he just starts chewing... Nothing I can do seams to fix the problem except treat it and hope he doesn't worry himself into a serious infection.

On another hand we had a lab that had seriou skin problems and would scratch and chew himself bald. It was allergies. The only thing that helped him was lots of baths, soe antihistamines and usually a cortical steroid shot once a season. Poor baby was miserable. We tried allergy shots, they helped a lot but than we moved and the allergies that were solved in Montana were replaced by Illinois ones..

[Faster horses]

Sometimes the allergies are caused by something in the dog food.

Try to get dog food that doesn't have a lot of preservatives.

IL Rancher, while you are getting some mineral, have them bring you some ProviPet Dog Food. It is reasonable and premium dog food, which
means there is none better. The dogs usually love it.

[IL Rancher]

we actually did the blood work and everything on good old skittle. And than the sub q shots every day, every week and every month or whatever it was.. Pollen was heck on him.

We tried making food for him, buying specialty food and even prescrption foods.. It was environmental (And perhaps a bit mental too ;)

I need to try a new food for the Guardian dogs... They are going to start eating me out of house and home soon.. I have too many dogs

15 year old Husky (Gallatin County Human society dog)
10 year old Malamute/Shepard mix (same place)
10 year old Rot/shep mix (Same again)
6 year old Kelpie
5 year old Pyr
2 year old Kelpie
and 2 3.5 month Anatolian crosses.

Too many dogs. The senior dogs are a bit on their last paws, especially that husky.. He is so old we call him undead, like a mummy or something.. He is just to ornery and senile to remember he shouldn't be with us anymore.

[kolanuraven]

Il Rancher.......you ' old folks' home for critters sounds like my house !!


Welcome to the club!!!!

[Oldtimer]

My miracle cures are bag balm and nitrafurazone ointment...Always try them first on every sore on man or beast and have had pretty good luck with some....

[IL Rancher]

I should have added that the pyr is the chicken guardian dog. She was one of those dogs that love to sleep in the middle of the road... WEll, she got hit by a car when she was younger, went to a friend of mines who than gave the dog to us when we needed a chicken guard dog after the lab had to get put down. (He was the ultimate about going out for 2 hours at a time and patrolling the yard and letting us know what was going on out there. He was the "best" as far as I am concerned.. Again though, too many dogs but I can't ever see myself having only one or two pups around. The wife is talking about an English Mastiff... I am really hoping she is pulling me leg.

[kolanuraven]

Mastiff's are GREAT. I had one for years....he was a sweetheart BUT had the nasty habit of biting tires.....while still on the car. He HATED little cars!

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

lesians? like a rash that's itchy and sore from bitin on it?

Here ya go,

A hot spot is the nickname given to a condition called pyotraumatic dermatitis. A hot spot consists of a bacterial infection (usually staphylococcus intermedius) that develops and rapidly spreads in the skin. A hot spot will be warm to the touch, painful to your dog and will emit pus and smell badly. Hair will usually fall out from the infected area. Because this condition is so painful and irritating the dog will usually bite and scratch the area further spreading the infection. Treatment should be started as soon as possible to prevent the infection from becoming systemic.
Dogs often bite or lick infected areas. In many cases, such as hot spots and lick granuloma, the licking and chewing is detrimental and prevents healing or spreads the infection. Skin Care for Dogs helps eliminate this problem. Its menthol base tastes badly to most dogs and deters biting and licking. Consequently, wounds and infections heal faster.

Haymaker, go to Tractor Supply or a good decent feed store, and they should have a treatment for this. Usually a shampoo ya bath the dog in, sometimes a topical lotion type stuff that you put on it. With the temps we have here, alot of dogs get it, it's not really caused by the heat, but it's aggrivated by it terribly, plus the dog lickin and biting at it won't let it heal.

[HAY MAKER]

Thanks every body for the helpful advice,but this ole mama dog is determined to lick every thing I put on her legs off,same ole thing ,I put it on her,she licks it off and it just keeps spreading............good luck