I have a 6 year old english bulldog. She has had on and off problems with her skin throughout the years but nothing major until recently.

She used to "break out" from time to time around her muzzle area but it always cleared up on its own and never needed treatment. It never got too bad and usually cleared up in a couple of weeks.

After doing research, I learned that it appeared to simply be "puppy acne".

However, about 1 year ago my other dog passed away which caused tremendous stress on my english bulldog. She began excessively licking her paws which is something she never used to do and, you guessed it, breaking out in a huge acne disaster!

When it didn't go away like usual, I took her to the vets. It was horrible. She had acne on her whole mouth practically and she was itching at them and they were turning into open bloody messy sores. The vet gave me an antibiotic and Malaseb Pledgett wipes. I used the wipes everyday and gave her antibiotics everyday for the course of the treatment.

The acne completely cleared up and healed within 2 weeks. The vet said if she got it again, start using the wipes right away so as to prevent her from having to go back on another antibiotic.

So about 2 months later she starting breaking out again and I immediately began treating her with the wipes. However, instead of getting better, it got worse. I brought her to the vets again. Again, she had to go on another antibiotic to get it cleared up. It went away but it left me feeling helpless. I know that it's not good for her immune system to keep going back on these antibiotics all the time.

So now it has been another couple of months since last antibiotic course. She started breaking out again and I immediately started using the wipes but this time twice a day hoping to stop it. Meanwhile, I started noticing that she has some weird pink inflamed area on her hind leg. So I began treating this with the wipes as well. She is constantly scratching and digging at her chin.

On a side note, I noticed she started to need baby wipes after going pee outside. I don't know why, maybe she is squatting lower than usual? Maybe she has gained just enough weight that it is not noticeable but is causing her to touch the ground? Maybe she is not peeing on the dirt as much so its not absorbing into the ground? I have no idea. So, I bought some babywipes as I started noticing she had urine on her after peeing. I was always very gentle when wiping.

However I started noticing two days ago that when I wiped her, she would scratch her butt on the floor like something was bothering her. So I flipped her upside down and now she has sores on her vagina!!!

HELPPPP!!! The sores down there look EXACTLY like the ones on her chin! Am I going to have to keep putting her on antibiotics to get this to go away every couple of months?? Is this going to continue to spread?? I'm at a loss here and need some advice any advice! I'm obviously bringing her to the vet. I have an appointment on Saturday and today is Tuesday. But I'm thinking long term here. What can I do??

I have tried to get as best pictures I can for an accurate diagnosis. Unfortunately, I don't think you can post pictures in here and if you can't i can't figure it out. However, if you go to my blog there are pictures of it there. Please only respond if you are seriously interested in helping my dog. Thank you in advance to anyone who posts!!