We just discovered a big leathery welt/patch on our dog's snout, picture attached. It was covered in hair and black crust and the hair came off as soon as I began to clean it up. There is no obvious entry point and it is hard and leathery, like a spider bite, it really itches Angelo. He went swimming in the ocean (Del Mar) last Friday (one week ago) and had a bath afterward, no sign of anything then, and since then has acted normal, but has been itching his face quite a bit. Is this a hot spot, or a fox tail, or a spider bite? It has an obvious edge to it, raised up and still with a little crust on the edges, since I didn't shave away from the patch. But it is not tender like an abcess, he doesn't mind me treating it. I am using colloidal silver, and some pet antibiotic cream left over from my cat when she had an abcess. If it is a fox tail I can treat it with wet heat to make it come to a head, but if it is a spider bite I don't want to use heat. My previous Briard had hot spots which were very similar, but this one is swelled up more than a usual hot spot. But it is on his snout, where there is no muscle. What is it, do you think? Otherwise he is normal appetite and energy. He did have a bacterial infection in his right eyelid which was taken care of by vet's ointment, that went away a couple of weeks ago. If it is food related - we had switched his (normal) raw food diet to some kibble with grain in it over the summer, we switched back a few weeks ago, but if it is allergies we have him back on the allergy-free no grain raw food diet, which he's been perfectly healthy on and we've had him since 9 weeks (Pat McKay No Candida Mix plus supplements) Thanks for your opinion.
