hot spot on back - Page 2

I clean my dog's hot spot with mild soap and water to get the saliva out, then spray a spray made by Genesis which usually takes care of it within 24 hours.  My youngest and oldest dogs get hot spots, my middle dog has never had one in 6 years.  Go figure.

thank you guys so much. i am pretty sure this one has been scabbed over since the last time he was groomed... because the day i posted this, i had just given him a bath and now he was itching like crazy. i feel so bad, i have spent a good amount of time outside in the rain with him now, and he has pretty much stopped itching. i think next time i shampoo him, in probably about 6 months, i will use a mild shampoo for sensitive skin and see if that helps. in the meantime i have to use a whole bottle of doggy shampoo... and it actually works pretty well on my hair. the shampoo i used which i think caused the itching is called "perfect coat" for dogs with black coats. i dont know what was used on him previous times, but now that i think of it, he is always itchy after i take him to the groomer, so i really hope its the shampoo.

i fed him homemade stewed  ground whole chicken and rice until he was about 4 months old, and then switched to pedigree, but i wasnt happy with his poops or the dullness of his fur, so i switched to merrick turducken which is made out of mostly meat, he has a great shiny coat now and his poops are generally smaller and less frequent. i think its because there is more actual digestable food, that gets turned into energy instead of poop.