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Itchy puppy
I have an 8 1/2 week old puppy who has been itchy since we brought him home. He was checked by the vet the day after we got him, who said puppies are often itchy and not to worry.
He mainly itches around the shoulders, and on the thighs and back feet. Today I noticed that he has a small area under one shoulder where the hair has thinned a bit and there's a small bump on the skin. It doesn't look like a scab, more like a raised area that's dry. There aren't any other areas like that on his body that I can see. I bathed him with an anti-itch shampoo, but it doesn't seem to have helped at all.
I'm going to take him back to the vet if this carries on, but what do people think? He came from a farm, so I'm wondering whether it might be a parasite of some sort.
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