Hotspot on my dogs neck, advice please!

[YellowDog]

she wasn't scratching to bad until I shaved it and now shes scratching like crazy. Guess a cone is in order. Poor girl she'll be the laughing stock of the cul de sac!

Probably not worth the drive for you but I have one or two of those plastic cones that I got when my dog had knee surgeries.  She never really wore them because we were able to spend just about all of her recovery time with her and when we weren't with her we had one of the inflatable neck collars that worked okay for her.  I'd give you a basically new cone that all you would need to do is attach a collar.  Unfortunately, I would worry that the collar would just continue to irritate it if the hot spot is on her neck 

[WRL]

she wasn't scratching to bad until I shaved it and now shes scratching like crazy. Guess a cone is in order. Poor girl she'll be the laughing stock of the cul de sac!

The scratching is a good sign. Means its healing.

Betadine is your friend when it comes to surface abrasions like hot spots etc. The spots on the neck are almost always caused by and allergic reaction to the nickel in the contact points. Try painting them with nail polish.

A good old "airing and drying" out is what she needs.

It will heal on its own.

Hydrogen Peroxide and alcohol are not good for the living flesh by the abrasion and can actually make things worse. BE KIND TO THE HEALTHY FLESH.....betadine or a diluted iodine are best.

WRL

[7mmfan]

colorless iodine gets it dried out and will scab out fastest.

For "wet wounds" Iodine is great. It dries up the surface fast and doesn't make a matted mess out of the flesh.

Why colorless iodine specifically? I honestly didn't look THAT hard, but all I could find was regular iodine. I've shaved the area completely, removed all scabby material and applied regular iodine. In the 24 hours since I shaved the area it already looks significantly better. She is scratching it like crazy though and I won't be able to go track a cone down until tomorrow.

[Dick in the Dirt]

WD-40

[quadrafire]

WD-40

NOT

[ghosthunter]

My wife's Corgi gets hot spots and Vetericyn works great on them.
My wife is a nurse and she loves that stuff for her dog.

I heard about it on here last year and bought some for my truck dog med kit.

[wiremonkey]

tape a sock to her tail and she'll forget about her neck. 
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  That's funny. I just saw my brother-in-law's dog with a cone on the other day. Couldn't help but laugh. It just seems so pathetic and he was clearly not impressed with the whole thing

[BOWHUNTER45]

Goodwinol Ointment ...have to go to a vet to get some ... Our dog that problem and we tried everything ..then I finally went to the vet ,,and he gave us the ointment and 10 days later it was gone ,,, never had it again 

[Happy Gilmore]

Colorless Iodine because it doesn't leave a big orange stain-

Use ointments, powders and such and you'll leave a bunch of crap in the hot spot. You've got to get it dry, get the hair out and it will heal. Getting it dry will heal it. Iodine of any kinds will work best for hot spots. Anything which leaves it moist and wet(ointments, creams and powders) will prolong any type of rash on a dog.

And again, for about the fourth million post, peroxide is not a dogs friend. It kills living tissue. Betadine is ok. Vetricyn (sp?) is alright but, the stuff is a rip off. You can buy a bottle of Novalsan concentrate which makes about 10 gallons for the same price of a 12oz bottle and use it to disinfect kennels, clean, spray wounds etc...

Just my coupla pennies to try and save you a pile of them...then again, dog people are full of cash and buy vetricyn spray for topical treatments....lol....