eclaire

Hey All

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with their dobe getting fly bites on their belly? I bring my girl to the park for a walk every evening so she has a chance to run off leash... I just noticed tonight while giving her a belly rub that she has several small round red circles with a little dot in the middle of them. The flies were really terrible there today (and yesterday) but being a new Dobe owner I never really thought to get fly repellent for her (I feel terrible about it now... *bangs head on desk*)

ANYWAYS... I called the emergency vet because the first thing I thought when I saw the red circles was ringworm or a tick bite - but they reassured me that its just fly bites... I believe/trust them - but just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?? I'm going to my vet tomorrow to get some good fly repellent for her... poor thing... I feel like such a bad dog mom... good thing I bought her 2 new toys today... LOL

ellenm

I have to watch out for fire ants down here in the south...they make a horrible blister where each ant bites the dog. My dogs do get horse flies attacking them at the barn on occasion...and they run like crazy from them!

I will use Adams Mist (blue bottle) which is NOT the residual one for a quick spray down prior to a romp where there may be lots of flies/fleas/ticks...I do not use monthly Frontline or Advantix, etc. Check with your vet if you do use a monthly flea/tick product as to what will be safe to use on top of that.

(My Rexy is allergic to the topical treatments so I give Sentinel HW monthly and do flea sprays as needed.)

moona

Is this what they look like?

Attached Images

Roxy Belly 01.jpg (78.3 KB, 19 views)

DLS

Fly bites usually do not bother dogs too much. The bite sites will fade away in no time. A diluted rinse made with Listerine will help repell the little blood sucking vermin.

__________________
There are other fine dogs; then there are Dobermann - the dog of dogs!
www.nopupppymillscanada.ca
www.dobermanassistance.org. www.dobermannrescue.org http://www.doberman911.org:80/seniors/

eclaire

Yes - please tell me they are fly bites.

berkdogg

I'm no vet, but I know that doesn't look like fly bites.

moona

Hi! I just responded to your pm, but wanted to put something out here as well - in case someone else needs an answer.

I'm pretty sure they are fly bites, or bites of some sort. If they are the same thing that Roxy had (about a month ago), they were flat to the touch, didn't bother the dog at all, and had either faded or completely disappeared within 24 hours and all were gone within a couple of days.

DLS had responded to my post about this and was very helpful.

edh

That doesn't look like fly bites. Almost looks like ring worms.

eclaire

I called my personal vet and described the spots and they said that they are black fly bites.... I told them I was concerned that it was ringworm and they said that typically for ring worm you wouldn't get an outbreak of so many in such a short period of time.... and they would be much larger and scaley to the touch.... she advised that they should be gone in a few days and to use Avons Skin So Soft on her belly when we go in the woods again to prevent so many bites

Hope this is helpful

moona

Thanks for updating us. I hope Rainah's spots clear up quickly.