My dog has a bald spot? What might that be?

Answer by John
Submitted on 10/16/2003
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if it has a kinda nasty smell to it, your dog licks it a lot, and is pinkish and fleshy (raw) looking, it could be ringworm (usually infected from squirrels, fecal matter, etc). which would suck; my dog had it a few years ago. the only thing you can do in that case is to put the dog in one of those huge elizabethan collars (big plastic lampshade kinda things) and put ointment on it like 4 times a day. talk to your vet on that one (prescription ointment). if the bald spot is just red and itchy, and drier looking (not wet, as above), its probably just a minor skin infection. cant do anything about it, just try to stop the dog from licking it (again, might need one of those elizabethan collars). labs and golden retrievers are especially prone to these ones.

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Question by martha
Submitted on 9/11/2003
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My dog has a bald spot? What might that be?

Answer by Gunner
Submitted on 6/1/2004
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My dog is 7 month old, His fur coat is Dry. On the top of his hip, there are 2 spot, it looks like it is getting bald. His hair is falling off. I found few vomit spots in my bedroom and just caught him vomiting outside. It turns out yellow? what should I do?

Answer by PeNiS
Submitted on 6/8/2004
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he has a bald spot because he has tryed to have sex with a foreign koala and this "koala" actually has acid seamen. don't worry this bald spot can only lead to your dogs death.

Answer by Tara
Submitted on 11/2/2004
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It's called demodex. It is a mange that pups under a year get. You have to go to the vet to get medicine to prevent more bald spots. It isn't contagious to humans or other dogs. The vet will do a skin scrape and look at it under a microscope. Good luck

Answer by Becca Plushkis
Submitted on 11/20/2004
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How do you use Smiley Central?

Answer by Garbage^
Submitted on 8/22/2005
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Pen, get a life you little fat albino ingrate.

Answer by this guy above me has no life
Submitted on 9/12/2005
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WtF are you talking about loser... Nothing else to do but put up this ridiculous statement, that you think is funny. Hardly, you should really look into getting some sored of a life where you don't have to watch koala sex all day the experimenting what the seamen does to you and your dogs. Good Luck with everything else.

Answer by amy paic
Submitted on 10/18/2005
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my chihuahua has a bald spot it was verry small and now it became the size of a dime or bigger and now there is a nother one at a nother spot what could it be i checked if it was a ring worm under a floresent light and it wasnt glowing so i dont know what it is does any one know

Answer by lili333
Submitted on 1/6/2006
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My dog has a almost the exact same problem. I found some "bile " vomit and now 1 week later I noticed the bald spot( just noticed last night!). It is very symetrical, round and by her hind legs as well.She also has very dry scaly skin. The area is pink and soft like a baby's bottom and does not appear to be irritated at all. I dont know what this is but I am scheduling a visit to the vet on Sat. 1/7/05. Hopefully I will get answers then.

Answer by yan yan
Submitted on 1/23/2006
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U should put anything you could find that is soft!!!!

Answer by gracie
Submitted on 4/28/2006
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I would like to comment that PeNIS's answer is very inappropriate and should not have been posted.

Answer by doctor ethel
Submitted on 6/3/2006
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your dog has skin cancer take it to the vet immediately or it will spread

Answer by Andrea
Submitted on 7/25/2006
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Pet's nick name

Answer by onewithquestions
Submitted on 9/4/2006
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My dog is a Chihuahua and has a big red and pinkish spot on his lower back, almost all the hair is and he keeps eating at his skin. what do i do?

Answer by SCooby
Submitted on 10/1/2006
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my do is about 7 months and has it im so woried please HELP

Answer by uhw/e.
Submitted on 3/19/2007
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Martha, listne to John, He's probably right, not PeNiS (He/She is a sad, sad person). -.- Gunner, go to a vet. IT MIGHT HELP ^-^

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Answer by gena
Submitted on 3/14/2007
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my dog- he's 8 years old, and he has some teeth problems, he also apparently has skin problem and is balding all over his body. what is it? i'mreally worried about him.