Hot Spot Treatments for Dogs

[greenfamilyfarms]

Our Great Pyrenees get hot spots on the tops of their ears every summer. We've tried using Sulfadene and blue kote and we can't see any improvement. Do you have any recommendations for something that works (either store bought or homemade)?

 

[Mzyla]

Cut dogs hair ( I know....ears are difficult to work with)
Clean with Betadine or other Water based antiseptic solutions.

Then use:

Black or Green Tea bags - for several days.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Vitamin E oil

And make sure he's got no fleas or other parasites.
Mostly they are causes for Hot Spots.

 

[Beekissed]

Nu-Stock is all you need. Ask your local feed store to order it in for you. Check out the testimonials at their website and it will convince you. I swear by that stuff! Works in one treatment for leg scale mites as well, if you have chickens.

I like it because it has no weird chemical stuff in it....pine tar, sulfur, mineral oil.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Thanks! We'll try that.

They are outside dogs and are in the pasture, but they seem to get these when they start shedding their undercoats. Even though we groom them a lot, I think that may be the cause. I checked them over really well and no fleas, which is good since we put flea drops on them anyways.

 

[NYboy]

Bonds gold medicated powder. Works the best, will dry it right up . Any drug store has it . cheap and easy!

 

[sourland]

Fungisan produced by Tomlyn works great for me. The active ingredients are: Bezalkonium chloride .130% and allantoin .045 %. Tractor Supply sells a similar product that works as well.

 

[clairabean]

Trim the fur all around the spot. We used tea tree oil, plain. It worked great. I have also used calendula salve, but she licked it off.