And sometimes the owner is right.
Just last month an older lady brought her small fluffy white dog in for having skin trouble.
Older Lady: It's been there about two weeks. I've been putting cream on it. My doctor gave me the cream so I know it's okay.
Me: What kind of cream?
OL: Hydrocortisone or something. But it hasn't made that spot go away.
I parted the fur on her fluffy dog and saw a medium sized crusty area.
Me: Looks like a hot spot.
OL: It's not a hot spot. My other dog has those and this is nothing like it.
Me: Okaayy. Let me shave it and see what's going on under all the hair.
I take the dog out of the room to my technician. We were laughing a bit about how convinced the woman was that it wasn't a hot spot.
Me: This is so a hot spot.
Tech: Looks like a hot spot to me.
After 30 seconds of hair clipping. I had to eat my words. And they didn't taste good.
It was NOT a hot spot. It was something super strange looking. Started the little fluffy dog on typical first line skin meds with instructions to expect a skin biopsy if there was no improvement. However, I have not heard an update recently, so I hope everything is going well.
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