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Old June 24th, 2010, 10:27 AM
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Gail, what a friend up the road did for her Collie when he had that sort of problem (just near the nose) was she had a vet tattoo the area. It is a problem here, in fact the truth is that Collies and Shelties should probably not be in such a harsh environment as the Australian summer . My sister and I disagree on one point about shelties, she has bred dogs with white noses and she likes the marking, just thinks it looks good, but I know that marking leads to this problem so I would never aim for it. She's had a white cat that got cancer on its ears, I've had a grey mare that had cancer, baldy faced cows here get cancer - our sun is a real killer.
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
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