This morning I noticed my cocker spaniel sandy has an area of quite scabby skin under what I would call her front armit I'm sure it has a proper term! I don't bothers her at all as I havent noticed her scratching or biting at it I just noticed it cos I was stroking her. Its like a really dry scabby patch and covers quite a large area. Its not sore looking and it comes away from the skin quite easily and underneath its just a little pinky red but def not sore looking. I checked her all over and noticed another small patch on her stomach can't see anymore anywhere else.

Just wondered if anyone has any ideas at what it is b4 I take her to the vets. OH thinks it may be a doggy type of eczema is there such a thing??

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Dogs can get eczema, prob best get it checked as you may need an anti fungal steroid.

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Thanks Kay shes going on Monday just thought I'd ask in the meantime. I don't think shes had it long as she goes to get clipped every 4 months and the lady who does is it lovely and would have said to me had she noticed it. Its like when u fall over and graze ur knee and get a scab on it that kind of thing, but quite a lot of it.

be intersting to see what the vet says on Monday

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when i was a kid our boxer used to suffer terribly!
me and summer both get it too!
the vets will prob give you a medicated shampoo

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Sometimes Daisy is dry and scabby under her armpit , I think though hers is from rough play with the other dogs though they always seem to tread on each other there when lying on their backs , also both our girls were very dry all over for a few weeks i mentioned it to our vet as it was making thier fur thin in patches it looked a bit like dandruff with scabby bits , vet said it could be a light dose of mange as our dogs walk in a park where i know there are fox,s and fox,s are often riddled with mange , the girls like rolling in thier poo and dive in smelly muddy puddles so chances are that it was that , and that there next dose of stronghold would clear it up , and it did lol

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Thanks Andrea actually that could be a real help. Sandy and Maya always used to play quite rough Sandy would end up on her back with the pup on top lol they used to play for ages rolling around on the grass and I've noticed this past week Sandy won't let her play. Sandy used to be the one who instigated the play most of the time but at the mo she just doesnt want to know.

We dont get foxes around her so I dont think its that but all the other things u said seem exactly right! didn't occur to me that it was the play but the fact they havent played since about the time I noticed the scabs would be spot on.

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That was exactly wat my sistas bully had due to rolling in fox s**T and he had the same syptoms.

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