3½ year old labrador suddenly has developed a rash with li..

Hi there,

Does anyone of you have any suggestions about what might have caused our
doggy suddenly to have a rash with little lumps all over his back, and what
the rash is exactly?

Our dog does already have skin-problems since the age of 6 months.
After a swim in the water, he always was still a bit wet after several
hours, we assumed due to a very thick under-coat.
So, thrice every year, we have his coat shaved.

This year we went to another lady to have him shaved, and after that she
washed him with a special, anti-allergic shampoo.
After the shave we walked home; took about half an hour in the bright
morning sunlight.
And then, one day later, suddenly the rash had developed.

So offcourse, it is very likely that it has been caused by the shaving of
his coat (very short, so his skin can 'breath' well again, and will not
remain wet for several hours anymore), or the shampoo that he has been
washed with afterwards (although it was a special, anti-allerhic shampoo),
or maybe the direct sunlight on his skin for about half an hour.

The rash consists of very little, red-colored lumps, about half a centimeter
in diameter, currently mainly on his back, and a bit in his neck.
Obviously thay also are very itchy, since a few on his neck have already
been scratched sore.

Does anyone of you have had the same experience?
And what was the treatment?

With kind regards, and thanks in advance,

Ruud Overman
Almere
The Netherlands

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:11:11 +0200, "Ruud Overman"
<ruud.overman.TakeThisOut@icu.nl> wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>Does anyone of you have any suggestions about what might have caused our
>doggy suddenly to have a rash with little lumps all over his back, and what
>the rash is exactly?
>
>Our dog does already have skin-problems since the age of 6 months.
>After a swim in the water, he always was still a bit wet after several
>hours, we assumed due to a very thick under-coat.
>So, thrice every year, we have his coat shaved.
>
>This year we went to another lady to have him shaved, and after that she
>washed him with a special, anti-allergic shampoo.
>After the shave we walked home; took about half an hour in the bright
>morning sunlight.
>And then, one day later, suddenly the rash had developed.
>
>So offcourse, it is very likely that it has been caused by the shaving of
>his coat (very short, so his skin can 'breath' well again, and will not
>remain wet for several hours anymore), or the shampoo that he has been
>washed with afterwards (although it was a special, anti-allerhic shampoo),
>or maybe the direct sunlight on his skin for about half an hour.
>
>The rash consists of very little, red-colored lumps, about half a centimeter
>in diameter, currently mainly on his back, and a bit in his neck.
>Obviously thay also are very itchy, since a few on his neck have already
>been scratched sore.
>
>Does anyone of you have had the same experience?
>And what was the treatment?
>
>With kind regards, and thanks in advance,
>
>Ruud Overman
>Almere
>The Netherlands
>
I heard vet on the TV just this morning say that you shouldn't shave
any animal too close. Animals that are shaved too close can get
sunburn since there isn't enough hair on their backs to protect them
from the sun. He recommended that if shedding was a problem the
animal should be brushed every day to get rid of the excess hair.

I had a friend (human) who would break out in a red itchy rash after
she had been in the sun. Maybe your dog is suffering from sun
poisoning.

--

Nan

A wise man talks because he has something to say;
a fool talks because he has to say something.