I didn't even know we had an "other animal" section on here. Man I need to look around more
Ok so, Boo (aka Buddha) is my 1.5 yr old Newfoundland/Lab mix. He's a BIG boy! I always seem to find tiny scab crusties around his neck. Weird. But I chalked it up to him wrestling with Karma (2.5 yr old Greyhound/Lab mix). They play pretty rough, but they kind of have their own language about it so each one can tell the other when its gone too far and they stop.
Then this morning, my bf pointed out that Boo had one heck of a big scab about 2 inches below his collar (give or take) so its sort of between his neck and shoulder blade. But, the dogs weren't wrestling lately, so now I need to start looking into other causes. Any ideas on this?
His collar isn't too tight and it's too much below his collar for that to be the problem. He's really a couch dog and spends most of his life either taking up my entire couch or sleeping under my desk. Doesn't really go out much (by his own choice)... it's just baffeling!
Oh, and no, I don't beat my dog...
(Not to say you'd think that of me. But if someone I didn't know said their dog had "mysterious scabs" I might think it too
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Or, oohh! Do you think this could be from the cat scratching him? I've never seen her do it, but she does have a bit of an attitude and I could see her scratching him if he really annoyed her.
Ok so, Boo (aka Buddha) is my 1.5 yr old Newfoundland/Lab mix. He's a BIG boy! I always seem to find tiny scab crusties around his neck. Weird. But I chalked it up to him wrestling with Karma (2.5 yr old Greyhound/Lab mix). They play pretty rough, but they kind of have their own language about it so each one can tell the other when its gone too far and they stop.
Then this morning, my bf pointed out that Boo had one heck of a big scab about 2 inches below his collar (give or take) so its sort of between his neck and shoulder blade. But, the dogs weren't wrestling lately, so now I need to start looking into other causes. Any ideas on this?
His collar isn't too tight and it's too much below his collar for that to be the problem. He's really a couch dog and spends most of his life either taking up my entire couch or sleeping under my desk. Doesn't really go out much (by his own choice)... it's just baffeling!
Oh, and no, I don't beat my dog...
Or, oohh! Do you think this could be from the cat scratching him? I've never seen her do it, but she does have a bit of an attitude and I could see her scratching him if he really annoyed her.