Hot Spots on a dog...?

I have a 3-4 year old pitbull. (Sweetest dog you'll ever meet). Last year, she got two bald spots ("hot spots") around her mid-section. They were the size of a small child's fist and pink (the color of her skin). There was no irritations, no itching, no scabs. Just pink skin and a happy dog who was oblivious to it all. Our vet ran blood/fecal tests and said she was fine; no fleas, no bacteria, no nothing. Two days later, the spots grew new hair and that was the end of that. Now the weather is warming up again and I see her fur starting to thin ever-so-slightly in those areas. Is this normal for dogs when the weather changes? Anybody ever had this happen to their dog before?

Hot Spots on a dog...?

My dog has had this problem before, It was caused by her being wet then the skin not being dried properly (she is an extremely hairy dog). I took her to the vet and he gave me a cream to apply which cleared it up in a couple of days. The best thing is to just make sure your dog is completely dry (especially beneath the hair) after a bath or swimming.

Hot Spots on a dog...?

Maybe a food allergy. Try to avoid beef and fish, more allergenic. They also sell products at the pet store for hot spots you can try.

Hot Spots on a dog...?

A hot spot is generally self inflicted due to itching - do you mean her hair just fell out on it's own? Could it be some kind of odd molting? Did the vet do a skin scraping or mites and such?

Hot Spots on a dog...?

Hot spots happen in areas where moisture lingers sometimes... and happens more in wet summers. There are powders and topicals you can get to help dry the area out.....sometimes more frequent grooming can help to keep the area cleaner.

Hot Spots on a dog...?

In the grocery story with the pet supplies there is a bottle of yellow colored liquid that works great on hot spots. If you have a pure bred dog you can expect to have these problems.

Hot Spots on a dog...?

lots of times until we changed to a wheat free food. go to a pet supply store and check out WELLNESS, CANIDAE or MERRICK. CANIDAE is what we feed and all hot spots have cleared up.

Hot Spots on a dog...?

Commercial dog food is probably causing this. I was part of the population that didn't know any better, but after I lost one of my dogs started looking at it.

Anywho, I convinced my sister-in-law to change as well. She has a dog that has historical skin issues that no "prescription" would cure.

She changed her dogs food and the chronic skin proglems went away.