My husband and I were at his foot doctor the other day, and we started talking about dogs. I told her that Zeus had a large hot spot on him and I was using Benadryl for the itching and Witch Hazel on the hot spot. It was working pretty good, except that I was having a little trouble keeping the witch hazel on the hot spot because he doesn’t stay still, and it would run off. I told her that I knew of other treatments, but asked what she uses on her dogs.

Dr. Crawford says she uses a Cortizone cream with Aloe in it. It is 1% hydrocortisone anti-itch cream with the healing of aloe and it works well. So on the way home I bought some to try on him.

He did let me rub this on the hot spot, once I had him trapped in a corner and it is working very well. In just a few days it looked so much better and now he doesn’t mind me putting it on him. Goes to show, you learn something new every day.

I’ve also used Listerine mouthwash on the hot spots, but I imagine it stings. Just a little note here…if you keep this around for your dogs hot spots, and you decide to gargle with Listerine mouthwash, don’t ever swallow it! It’s really grouse! (Just thought I would throw that in). Anyway, any of these products listed above for hot spot treatments can be found in any drug store or supermarket.

If you want to learn more on what to put on Hot spots, take a look at my book “Howling Good Dog Cookies.” I’ve written several more suggestions for treatments of hot spots, along with 7 different recipes for homemade doggy shampoos, and over 200 other dog recipes, (cookies, biscuits, main meals, desserts), Etc. To find out more please visit: www.dogspoiler.com

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole”.
~ Roger Caras ~

1. Margie Nelsen Says:
   September 28th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   Itching.