Bremo

We still call Bremo our pup even though he's 8 or 9 years old now. He was born here and he's been blessed with good health thus far. However, a couple weeks ago we discovered a huge raw spot on his neck. It looked like all the fur had been ripped from his skin and my first thought was that he had gotten into a fight. He's only with Cabell and Gypsy and neither of them had a scratch on them, which one would get if one had been involved in a fight with Bremo. Besides, he's a gentle soul and has only been involved in one fight in his entire life.

We finally realized that he had simply scratched the fur from his own neck and have been treating it as a hot spot. It started to heal up, but now he's starting to scratch at it again. If you saw Bremo's paws, you'd realize just how very counterproductive that is to the healing process.

He's on oral antibiotics and a powder that dries up the raw area so it can heal. To stop him from scratching, the vet suggested a t-shirt. Surprisingly, Clay got it on him and he didn't really seem to mind it. Bremo likes any form of attention, petting, or any physical contact. Rottweilers are very tactile creatures. But the t-shirt didn't really cover the spot, which is on his neck rather than his chest. Maybe a turtleneck would have worked, but instead we just cut the sleeve off the t-shirt and slipped that over his head.