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Dog Bacterial Skin Infections Symptoms 1. Skin problems in the form of pimples, scaly skin, oozing skin, red gaping wounds, or scabby looking skin. 2. Puppies may have pimples on the groin and belly (impetigo). 3. Dog may or may not have very irritating itchy skin.
What Causes Dog Bacterial Skin Infections?
The cause of bacterial skin infections in dogs is as you might have thought caused by bacteria causing infections under the skin. The most common cause for his is due to allergies, pests, and other conditions which cause the dog to over itch and makes breakages in the dog’s skin. The skin, which acts as a defence system and barrier against many natural bacteria is then unable to work properly and lets bacteria enter the body which in turn causes an infection and further problems and irritation. The most common skin condition causing skin lesions (scaly damaged skin) is pyoderma. There are two types of pyoderma, superficial and deep pyoderma, the first affects only the top layer of skin causing scaly looking red or pink circular areas of skin ranging from a few millimetres to several centimetres. The second (deep pyoderma) is as the name suggests much further into the skin and gives a more inflamed and swollen look with deeper cuts and possible puss on the surface or when the skin is firmly touched. The cause for superficial pyoderma is usually a skin allergy or other light irritation of the skin brought on by another condition and then becoming infected, whereas deep pyoderma tends to appear more in certain types of dog breed especially with shorter coats (English bull terriers, Shar peis) but has no specific cause to be found and often effects only ankles, paws, cheeks, and chins. This condition also may become present as small pimples on the underside of young dogs or puppies, this is called impetigo and will only be treated if it’s causing the puppy to itch a lot, otherwise it will be left untreated and should clear up after a short time by growing out much the same as teenagers outgrow acne.
What Your Vet May Say or Do
The vet when presented with this condition will firstly inspect the lesions on the dog and determine whether an infection has occurred or not and ask a few simple questions about the dog and recent behavior. From here the vet may take a swabbing of the appropriate area to be sent away to a specialist department to find the most effective antibiotics to combat the bacteria within the lesions. While these test are being done the vet will then go about determining the underlying cause which often helps the infections along on their journey. This could be a number of different skin problems including, mites, Cushing’s disease, or hypothyroidism, which will all have to be treated separately before the infection can get better.
Other Possible Conditions
Dog Itching and Scratching
Dog Allergies – Itchy Ears
Dog Allergies – Itchy Feet and Itchy Bottom
Dog Flea Allergy
Dog Fleas Information
Dog Food Allergies – Skin Allergies
Dog Hot Spots
Dog Hypothyroidism (under active thyroid glands)
Dog Skin Mites
Dog Fungal Skin Infections
Dog Yeast Infection 
