My dog has black, soft, peelable scabs that itch. What's wrong?

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Black thick soft scab like places, on my dog I can peel them off, no hair loss, may itch some. Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | unneutered | 15 years and 2 months old | 16 lbs

David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

These symptoms can be caused by various reasons such as fleas, mites ,fungal infection, bacterial infection and allergies. the first 4 needs to be ruled out before we start treating for allergies. in order to do that first de-flea Max with a high quality flea treatment such as advantage spot on, if it doesn't help - take him to the vet in order to check for/treat the other possibilities. If everything is ruled out, then an allergy treatment can be started. Usually an hypoallergenic food is a good way to start together with anti histamines. if it doesn't help - the best solution is a medication called Apoquel which treats allergies with great success and without side effects.

My dog has black, soft, peelable scabs that itch. What's wrong?

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