[nagdu] DIY hot spot treatment

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks.  Nice to know what the current treatment is, should my next dog be
prone.
I think just getting the fur away from Echo's hot spot so it could get
some air helped it dry out; at least it looks better now.
Tracy

> I use this stuff the vet gives me call Neopred or something like that. It
> is
> a powder. They told me Neosporin may help, but what you really need to do
> is
> dry it out and the Neopred seems to do that. You just shake it on the spot
> and after a few days, the thing scabs over and goes away.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] DIY hot spot treatment
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>> So you have lots of experience.  Do you do anything differently than I
>> did?  It's been ages since I've had to treat a hot spot.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> Hey whatever works. I hate hot spots. Bailey is prone to them.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] DIY hot spot treatment
>>>
>>>
>>>>I recently had to treat a hot spot on Echo, and it seems to have
>>>> worked,
>>>> so I thought I'd share.  I remember people asking about it before.
>>>> I discovered a sore on Echo's face a few days ago.  Usually, I'd take
>>>> a
>>>> dog to the vet for treatment, but the old gal gets totally stressed
>>>> getting into a car, and even worse at the vet, so I decided to try
>>>> treating it myself first.  First, I cut the fur away from the sore as
>>>> best
>>>> I could.  I only have scissors, so this was the hardest part.  I put
>>>> Echo
>>>> on tie-down, so she wouldn't wander off.  Then I had to be careful
>>>> with
>>>> my
>>>> scissors, so as not to poke her eye, ear, or the sore.  It wasn't
>>>> anywhere
>>>> near as neat as the vet's shaving, but it was good enough to get the
>>>> fur
>>>> out of the way. Then I cleaned the sore with some peroxide on a bit of
>>>> paper towel, and put on a dab of Neosporin, same as I would if I had a
>>>> cut.  I repeated the cleaning and antibiotic morning and evening for a
>>>> couple days, until the sore felt like it was well-scabbed over and was
>>>> healing up.
>>>> When I had a dog with flea allergies, I always had a tube of Panalog
>>>> on
>>>> hand, but not anymore.  But the Neosporin seemed to work OK.
>>>> Of course, if the sore hadn't healed up, I'd have taken the old lady
>>>> to
>>>> the vet. Wish I had some doggie valium or something. But happily my
>>>> home
>>>> nursing did the trick.
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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