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Could be a hot spot??? Thats usually the location they're in, but hard to tell from the pic. If it is a hot spot, the best remedy to get rid of it is a product you can get for about $5-6 at any pet store called Sulfodene. Its a yellow liquid. To prevent them from coming back, add raw egg yolks, raw meat, and either cod liver or olive oil to the diet. They usually appear when the skin dries out from lack of essential fatty acids, particularly the Omega 3's ...

That is one nasty looking sore. I have heard tell of ring worms in coonhounds ( I grew up around and coonhunting) and it looks similar or it could just be an ingrown hair. Had a pup once had a whisker or what ever you wish to call it ingrown and it just curled around inside. I lanced it and pulled the hair out and let the wound grow up around it. Good Luck with that.

it gets hard and turns blackish blue color. feels like rubber with bumps all over it

mobeagler wrote:it gets hard and turns blackish blue color. feels like rubber with bumps all over it

I haven't seen anything like that.. maybe you better have a Vet take a look at it??

Leah

Took mikey to the vet today. He said he thought it was a bad staph infection. Gave him shot of antibiotics and sent antibiotic pills home for him for 10 days. We'll see if that works. Thanks for input.

Mo I sure am glad to hear that for you... And I am glad you took him to the vet...

Those staph infections sure do do a number on the dogs don't they...

Make sure to keep us up to date on him.

Emery