Hard skin on elbows and dry skin on ears

Nicola · 06-30-2008, 12:54 PM

Hi there

As my red dobe Bruce has gotten a little older, he has developed more prominent dry patches on his elbows - can anyone recommend a good treatment for this? I remember reading about a good oil to use a long time ago but can't for the life of me remember what it was!

He has natural ears and the edges are also quite dry - at the moment I put vaseline on the areas which are dry which seems to help but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other treatments?

Thanks!!

Linda H · 06-30-2008, 06:09 PM

The elbow problem is quiet common and is caused by laying on rough or/and hard surfaces. You might want to make sure he has access to soft things to sleep/lay on and try to keep him off the hard surfaces.

rainddobes · 06-30-2008, 08:23 PM

Try Shea Butter. I'ts a miracle cream.
I use it on dry skin and to heal wounds.
I love the stuff

Dobemom2b · 06-30-2008, 08:58 PM

The bag balm works great for softening also as it contains lanolin. Its in a can in the pet dept at walmart.

**dobesrule** · 06-30-2008, 11:23 PM

I noticed dry spots on my boy also... but he does not really lay on hard surfaces very often so I have no clue what they are from. He is either in the bed or on the couch. Except when he playing outside. I would like to see what the others has to say as well.

**ddsalazar** · 06-30-2008, 11:27 PM

I used Avon extensive therapy lotion on our boy. Worked wonders on his dry patches and he loved me to massage his elbows. He too was a couch potato, just had a touch of rough skin.

Nicola · 07-01-2008, 03:01 AM

Ah excellent, I will check out some of the suggestions and give them a go... thanks!

Yes Bruce can't move for nice soft beds - he has one for night time, one for day time, (plus the couch of course) and a nice rug in the hall! So like you say, ddsalazar, I think Bruce just gets especially dry skin. The patches don't seem to cause him any discomfort in the slightest but it just doesn't look very nice!

Thanks again everyone!

katekev04 · 07-01-2008, 06:33 AM

My three year old red dobie was getting these dry patches also. I asked my vet about them and he said they were just calus and would be fine. A couple days later I took my dobie to the dermatologist for another problem and she looked at his elbows, squeezed them and puss cam out. She gave him a month of antibiotic and they were gone. Fur was back and this is from a dobie that lays on concrete. More than likely your dobie just needs some moisturizer on his elbows.