My 5 month 30.3k bullmastiff Hitch, has been scratching so much we've started calling him itchy Hitchy. Took him to the vet and he said he had a skin infection. He has pimples and red spots around his genitals, raw pustules under his arms, and his lower lip. The vet said the skin was infected but he didn't know what caused the infection. He said it could have been anything. Because he is only 5 mon he didn't want to put him on steroids. So this is what he came up with. Antibiotics for the infection, benedryl to make him sleepy and too lazy to scratch, a sock attached to each foot with electrical tape and t-shirts head and front feet through one t-shirt and tail and hind feet through the other, tie a knot in the middle then to top it all off, a cone and special antiseptic soap to be applied 3 times a day. I looked at him like he was crazy but he told me that all of these things used together however time consuming they may be, worked as well as steroids. You should see my poor baby. Just wondering if anyone else had to do this?
