I just noticed these about a week ago, at first they were only on one area near his hind quaters we were at the dog park awhile back and he was playing with two hyper black labs so at first I thought perhaps one may have nipped him and the scabs were there as a result. However over the week they have started showing up along his back and now I have found two on his right side. I managed to pull two loose ones off to get a better look at what they are. As far as I can tell its just a scab which grows around the fur so when you take the scab out a small chunk of fur gets ripped out.
I did bath him about two weeks ago at a facility which uses no name shampoo- not sure if maybe it irritated his skin. He did not have these scabs before and I have never seen anything like this. He is allergic to fish as far as I can tell as while he was on a diet based primarily on fish he started scratching all of the time and his stools became very loose- upon switching these stopped. I have anti itch oatmeal shampoo but Im not sure if this will only furthur dry his skin out.
What are some dog safe products or oitments I can put on the affected areas in the meantime to relieve his itching? Any ideas as to what is causing this?
Thanks
Kayla
I did bath him about two weeks ago at a facility which uses no name shampoo- not sure if maybe it irritated his skin. He did not have these scabs before and I have never seen anything like this. He is allergic to fish as far as I can tell as while he was on a diet based primarily on fish he started scratching all of the time and his stools became very loose- upon switching these stopped. I have anti itch oatmeal shampoo but Im not sure if this will only furthur dry his skin out.
What are some dog safe products or oitments I can put on the affected areas in the meantime to relieve his itching? Any ideas as to what is causing this?
Thanks
Kayla