FoxHOLLYfolly
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Our terrier keeps getting patches of wet Eczema on the side of her face / neck, just under her ear (Bilaterally). She got some more last week which was the 4th time and we found another small patch at the weekend which make it 5 times in the last 6-8 months. (She is 14months old if its relevent)
She's been to the vet twice over it and had anitbiotics 3 times which usually clears it up. Also got fuciderm cream but, this last time we have scrubbed it with Malaceb and then sprayed with terramycin... now have a blue dog!!  but this seems to dry it out within hours!
But I am worried about her having antibiotics too often, and would love to find a way of preventing it. She is a very healthy dog in all other aspects!
The vet explained that the way a dogs skin cells are put together makes them quite prone to infections from bacteria that sits there naturally in the crevices and all it take is a small abrassion to let the bacteria under the skin... which ties in as she is allways playing rough and tumble with the other terriers and they do usually mouth eachother, (roughly at times) around the area in which she gets the problem!
He also clarified that it can go from a tiny nick to a big patch within hours... which is usually what happens with Fudge, she'll be fine when she goes int he kennel after a walk then she'll have a big patch on her when she comes out for her next walk the other end of the day!!
But has anyone else had a dog that gets this and how can we prevent her getting it in the first place?
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woolly
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We had this very occassionally with our wolfie and used fuciderm, we found that cleaning ad drying our dog then good old fashioned baby powder (a very good brand) worked a treat!!!! Might be worth discussing it with your vet! Best of luck.
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AmyMay
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I'm sure that I've read somewhere that evening primrose oil is good for this....
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FoxHOLLYfolly
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Oh interesting, is that as in a cream or taking it internally like the capsules my mum used to try to make me take for PMT if I was being a moody moo?!!
.... I NEVER HAD PMT SHE WAS JUST DOING MY HEAD IN!!!! 
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AmyMay
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Tablet form I think.
Where did I read it I wonder????
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FoxHOLLYfolly
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We had this very occassionally with our wolfie and used fuciderm, we found that cleaning ad drying our dog then good old fashioned baby powder (a very good brand) worked a treat!!!! Might be worth discussing it with your vet! Best of luck.
Oh dear 'Fuggle buggle' (Sorry sappy pet name for Fudge) doesn't like baths, she much prefers being covered in cow poo and mud!!
We did wonder if that would help, so if she's lucky she might get to live in the house again (Got chucked out as kept pooing and weeing overnight but clean when allowed to sleep on the bed...Little Minx) I can't bath her and leave her in a kennel in winter, has she been posting on here to find ways to get back in the house???!!!!
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AmyMay
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HERE!
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FoxHOLLYfolly
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Thanks!
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woolly
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errrmmmm don't worry! This was our dog and he had 3 baths in his life and was always wet and muddy, hence the wet excema! We just cleaned the area and applied talc...
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