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Tasty Tips: ☄️☄️Hot Spot Fix☄️☄️

This is an old trick that has repeatedly saved the day when dogs come in with a “hot spot.”

Vets call this “acute moist dermatitis” (which sounds far more professional, right?) but you’ve probably seen some variation of these.

They are usually on the rump though not always, and Sadie simply can’t leave that spot alone!

It itches, she licks or scratches it, it itches more so she licks more, and finally, it could be as big as your palm, all red, and wet!

Uggh.

If you bring her to the conventional veterinarian, you’ll likely see steroids pulled off the shelf and injected, with maybe some additional tiny pred pills (also steroids) sent home to use for several days.

While steroids “work” in the sense of suppressing symptoms, they are not bodily friendly and anything other than very short term use needs to be guarded against.

When steroids are used in any chronic disease, there’ll be a far more serious “other shoe to drop” that will make the present situation look like a piece of cake.

Here’s what invariably works, costs nothing, and actually confers benefits beyond just healing this localized hot spot:

The 48 Hour Fast

If you didn’t already know, the whole digestive process expends a great deal of energy, from eating to breaking down food to smaller bits, to absorbing the right stuff and eliminating the waste: it’s taxing to the system, albeit necessary.

But, eating repeatedly, day in and day out, is not necessary, and every wolf only eats when real hunger drives the pack to hunt prey once again.

Fasting is a normal, expected part of every wild canine pack, regardless of species.

In this case, it’s imposed by you, the loving owner and looks like this:

No solid food for 48 hours
Free choice fresh water always available
Homemade broth is optional: bone broth, veggie broth, really any kind but don’t go to great lengths to make lots, as it could easily be refused.
The net result: that overworked digestive system rests and cleanses and the freed up energy is directed to quieting the overworked skin, which is often trying to take up more elimination than normal (hence the oozing discharge).

A Real World Example

“My 1 1/2 year old golden has developed a hotspot. We’ve been working with a classical homeopathic vet, so I don’t want to interfere w/ that treatment. Wondering about giving acute remedies in this situation.” — Jan, in Vital Animal Alpha

I also didn’t want to suggest another remedy, as Jan’s dog was under the deeper constitutional treatment by a colleague, so I suggested a 48 hour water fast.

Jan had concerns.

Her dog was a bit hyper and Jan didn’t think either of them could handle that much time with no food.

I advised lots of exercise, Rescue Remedy when ever stress seemed to be a big deal (for either dog or human 😉 )

At our next live Alpha meeting, Jan was bubbling with good news:

“This is a follow-up of my dog with hotspots and we did 48 hours of fasting. It cleared right up!”

So, you can do this as well in a similar situation.

And, if Rescue Remedy (or Bach remedies in general) is unfamiliar to you, be sure you take my free Bach Flower Remedies for Animals course, part of the cool library you get access to when you join the Vital Animal Pack (also free).

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