What to do for outdoor dog with fleas, raw skin, and winter warmth?

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My dogs are outside dogs what are ways to keep them warm during the winter? Also my dogs recently got fleas and no matter what we do they keep showing back up they’re also biting them selves to the point they’re balding and their skin is raw what can I do for them? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

Fleas and allergies to fleas can set-up an environment for infection. It's possible that this is complicating the recovery process. The skin will often start to heal once the fleas are gone, but it's worth treating for infection by giving a bath with a medicated dog shampoo (can get this at the pet store). It's best to just give a bath with the medicated shampoo once every week, until the skin starts to look normal. It's expected that it will take a month or more until the dogs start to look normal again, so stick with it and they should get through this fine. Treating for fleas is not just restricted to the host, because fleas can reproduce and nest in the environment and continually cause an issue. Below is a link to a short article that explains treating the dogs and environment for fleas: https://www.petcoach.co/article/5-tips-to-get-rid-of-fleas/ If the skin problems are not getting better, or are getting worse in the next two weeks, then it's best to have your dogs evaluated by a vet, because they may have other problems and/or need additional treatment. For good information about keeping your dogs comfortable is cold weather, I recommend you read the short article at the link below. https://www.utahhumane.org/our-programs/investigation/cold-weather-care-dogs I hope that helps and all is well with Zoe and Bella..

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