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Old June 24th, 2010, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Kalou View Post
Thanks so much for all of the info!

Someone was talking about nasal solar dermatitis, is this something that only happens when the dog has white fur?
No, as you can see from my pictures Noah has no white hair on his nose. Probably more prevalent on the dogs with white on their noses though, similar to how people with fair complexions burn easier.


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Originally Posted by Goldfields
Did your vet consider lupus? I only wonder about that seeing your boy gets hair and pigment loss around the eyes as well as the nose. I see our two breeds are on the short list of dogs effected by this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_..._erythematosus
Yesterday 11:54 PM
After the skin scraping my vet basically just recommended that since it wasn't bothering him I keep an eye on it and if it got worse then we'd look further to what it might be.
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