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My dog has recurrent red spots. Is there a vaccine for skin issues?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 8 months old | 50 lbs

Is there any vaccine for a skin disease...she has a red spot all over abdomen area..many times i used antibiotics pescribed by vet...it is generally disappears within 3, 4 days but reappears again within some days...although she doesn't have any problem with those spot nor she scraths too much...but it is looks bad... so i want to ask you that is there any vaccination course for skin problems in dogs...?

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Answered By David Darvishian

Veterinarian

Published on September 15th, 2018

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sorry to hear about the recurrent skin problems plaguing Bini. Sounds like she is having recurrent outbreaks of a staph bacteria on her abdomen. This could be due to many things including ectoparasite (fleas, ticks, mites, lice, etc) problems, allergies (inhaled, flea allergies, and food allergies), primary bacterial infection, internal organ dysfunction, autoimmune skin disease, immune system problems among many other causes. It's also possible that the infection is not treated with the right antibiotic or for a long enough time period. I am not aware of any vaccinations that specifically help treat skin problems like this. Sounds like you should ask your veterinarian for a referral to another vet who specializes in skin disorders (dermatologist) or seek a second opinion from another veterinarian. If she were my patient, I would advise a 21 day course of a good skin antibiotic and very strict flea/tick control. If the problem continued I would then investigate the possibility of allergies. I hope this helps and good luck.

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    Answered By Laura Johnson VMD

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    Hi, thanks for using PetCoach! Poor Bini! Skin disease and allergies is a very frustrating pet owner problem as it requires a lot of management with a lot of medications and there usually isn't a "cure." And sadly Labs are a huge allergic breed. What I recommend is the following: 1) consider spaying her as sometimes removing the hormones relieves the skin disease 2) putting her on a prescription hypoallergenic diet, either hydrolyzed (Royal canin HP, Purina HA or Hill's z/d) or a prescription novel protein diet (avoiding chicken and using a fish or rabbit). 3) Long term antihistamine https://www.petcoach.co/canigive/dog/zyrtec/ 4) Omega 3 Fish oil https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=19121 5) as for a "vaccine" there isn't anything like that exactly but there is a new drug called CADi or Cytopoint with in an every 30 day injection or allergies. and 6) use a GOOD year round flea preventative like Bravecto, Nexgard or Simparica. I wish you and Bini the best!

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