Hot spots are very common and can appear on different parts on the body. It could start out as an ear infection. The scratching starts to take care of an itch and it might turn into a Hot Spot on the neck. They start out small, but grow fast.Specially in the summer, when the dogs go swimming and have there tight colors on. Afterwards it is better to take the color off and let the neck and color dry out. Definitely on very humid days. One off my customers has a lab, with a big turkey neck. After he went swimming I had left the color on. I had him for a couple of days. When they got him back, they gave him a bath. They called me right away and said, Sabine, my dog has a small pancake size red area under his chin. I rushed over, because I had not noticed anything earlier. When I got there, I saw the big red spot under his chin. They where not kidding. The good thing was, even so it appeared big, it was not as bad as I thought. It could have been the beginning off a bad hot spot, if they had not noticed it. We cleaned it up and put some antibiotic cream on the area and it took care of it. Sometimes the dog needs Antibiotic's and a steroid injection to get rid of the itch and infection. So from that day on, when I have dogs who love to swim and have a lot of hair, I will take the color off, to air dry the neck. Matted areas turn a lot of times into hot spots, when the hair gets to tide and close to the skin some dogs start chewing the area and it will turn into a hot spot. I am sure there are many more incidents how a hot spot can start, so check out the website below to get more information.
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