Hi
My young cocker ( 4 years male, half working) has just developed a huge sore on the side of his neck. It's about an inch in diameter, is solid under the skin (a flat lump) and is weeping. There is no sign of external injury and it appeared on Saturday. In a human, it would look like a jellyfish sting. He's off the the vets tomorrow and my amateur internet diagonisis suggests that it is pyoderma. However, most sites seem to suggest that the most likely cause of pyoderma is flea allergy. This is unlikely to be the case for Fletch - he is up to date in flea treatment and I am so allergic to fleabites and apparently so attractive to fleas, I know if the dogs have fleas before they do (I can also tell if my friends' dogs have fleas before they do!)
Does anyone have experience of pyoderma and causes other than fleas.
Best wishes
Helen