Poor Puppy :(

On Thursday we discovered a small scab between Reno’s shoulder blades but didn’t think anything of it as he plays quite rough with Kiros and Ronnie so could have been nipped.

By Friday there were a few more spots down his back so I bathed him in the shampoo that I use for Kiros when he has itchy skin. Reno had a really busy day on Friday with walks, swimming and training so I wasn’t surprised when he was tired on Saturday.

On Sunday I knew there was something wrong as I took his lead of in the exercise area at Nuts and he just stood there! I tried to look at his back but it was obviously very painful so I took him to the Vets on Monday.

When the Vet examined him I was horrified to see how bad his back was – a mass of weeping scabs and sores – so he was bombarded with antibiotics and booked in yesterday to be clipped and cleaned up.

Here are the results, poor boy.

The Vet is convinced it is a Flea allergy and gave me a serious talking to about flea control even though they know that Kiros is highly sensitive to fleas so I’m very careful to the dog’s treatment up to date. I even buy all of my Frontline from the Vets so they have a record of what I’ve used!

When they cleaned him up they didn’t find any fleas on him but did find a few dirts so it is possible all of this damage was caused by one flea.

Anyway the good news is that, although he doesn’t look very pretty, Reno is almost back to his normal self. The Vet said he can continue training so long as the sores don’t get dirty and they should heal quite quickly. I’m hoping he will be well enough to go to the Border Collie show on Sunday as he’s really looking forward to seeing his brothers.