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BPO Medical Forum => Medical Conditions & Diseases => : People Whisperer April 18, 2007, 03:37:11 PM
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I have found these weird spot on Lily's elbow. At first I thought it was just dirty but when I looked closer I realized it's not. It has brown flaky skin on the bottom of every hair. It doesn't look like a hot spot nor like allergy. I have never seen anything like these before. Have you???
Thank you in advance
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It's probably a calus, so really thick skin from laying on the floor.
Nina
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Yep, that looks like the callus' that my Pyrs get from laying on their beloved cold, hard floors just chillin' LOL ::)
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i have a question about callus'. how come none of my dogs have them? they're all large / giant breeds but not one of them has any ??? we have short and also medium length hair in our dogs, and both axle and sheeba are 4 (axle) and 4-5 (sheeba).
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Hey there. Yukon has the same brown fur spots on his elbows. I haven't looked at the base of the hair to see what the skin looks like but I assumed it was normal. I've seen many Pyrs with the same dark areas on the elbows. It's not as evident in Yiska, but she may have it too.
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Yep, looks like a callus.
If your dogs prefer to lie on cool cement or tile floors, any hard surfaces, they can develop calluses. If you have a carpeted house or your dogs are couch potatoes they won't get them.
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Yep, looks like a callus.
If your dogs prefer to lie on cool cement or tile floors, any hard surfaces, they can develop calluses. If you have a carpeted house or your dogs are couch potatoes they won't get them.
My dog stays outside on the deck or sleeps on her bed. I don't see how she could develop this "callus". Could she?
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It's probably a calus, so really thick skin from laying on the floor.
Nina
The skin is not thick at all...Any other ideas???
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Hey there. Yukon has the same brown fur spots on his elbows. I haven't looked at the base of the hair to see what the skin looks like but I assumed it was normal. I've seen many Pyrs with the same dark areas on the elbows. It's not as evident in Yiska, but she may have it too.
I know that elbows and belly hair get dark sometime. But the base of it definitely doesn't look healthy! That is my big concern
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Maybe run her by the vet to take a look? I know I hate going to the vet unless I absolutely have to.
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Maybe run her by the vet to take a look? I know I hate going to the vet unless I absolutely have to.
Yeap, the vet will give me anifiotics to cure it! I think I will wait instead!
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I'll go try to look at their elbows now and see if I see anything similar.
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They are both so freakin rowdy right now. I looked but saw pink skin. I'll look closer when they pass out. :D