Review: Recommended for all current and future dog owners
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2014
I wish this book was available when I owned a shepherd/huskie mix. He obsessively scratched or licked his hot spots continuously. He used his front teeth to gnaw at the hot spots until they bled. He would stop temporally when I scolded him but the second I left the room, he would start up again. At the time, I didn’t know what they were. The vet sold me little bottles of expensive shampoo that cost $8.00 or $9.00 and accomplished nothing.My dachshund was short-haired but still had endless skin conditions. The skin conditions may have been caused by diabetes. The vet prescribed antibiotics which cost $32.00 a vial. Two weeks after the antibiotics were finished, the skin spots came back and we eventually began the antibiotics again.Dog Hot Spots - How to Manage, Treat & Prevent Hot Spots by Debbie Ray lays out the procedure for treating hot spots in clear, simple and concise steps.  It’s easy to follow and the treatments seem easy to administer. Since I am considering getting another dog, this book will help prepare me for recognizing, treating and preventing hot spots. Highly recommended for all current and future dog owners.