Treating Hot Spots and Maintaining Your Dogs Healthy Skin and Coat

     Does your dog have a hot spot? Do you know how to treat a hot spot?  There are many options to treating hot spots. Over the counter creams and ointments, these are sold at most pet stores. Prescription creams, these are very expensive, along with the vet visit.Then their are  home remedies. Home remedies are usually the best type of treatment, my home remedy is very inexpensive.

     This what you will need: clippers or scissors, clean cloth (something like a face cloth), baby shampooor an organic soap, cotton balls, a bowl, ORIGINAL Listerine. Listerine is an antiseptic wash and works great.

     First you want to clip around the hot spot area, be very careful hot spot can be very painful. Clip a round cicle about one inch in diameter around the area. Pull  all the loose fur out. Next soap up the clean cloth with the baby shampoo or soap and warm water, not hot water. Clean the hot spot area very gently, keep cleaning untli the hot spot is very visable. Pat dry with a dry clean cloth. Now take the bowl and pour the listerine in and put about 12 cotton balls into the listerine. Soak the cotton balls for a couple of minutes. Next take 6 cotton balls ring a small amount of liquid out. Gently place the cotton balls on the hot spot and dab for a couple of minutes. Throw those cotton balls out and take the other 6 and repeat the last step.

     This treatment can be repeated 3 to 4 times a day. Remember to throw out the used cotton balls, do not dip them back into the listerine. Also remember to always keep an eye on any type of injury on your pet. If you do not see any improvement over the course of a week, you may want to check in with your vet.

     Now once the hot spots are cleared up you want to maintain your dogs healthy skin and coat..  Your pets overall health is very important to you as a pet owner. Dogs with double coats need to be brushed at least twice a week if not more. Dogs with double coats also are more susceptible to getting hot spots. Why you ask?  Because the dead fur/hair does not always fall out so your dog will chew and pull the fur out. This can lead to a hot spot. One great tool to recommend is the FURMINATOR COMB. This works great on double coated dogs!