Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Female | spayed | 1 year and 4 months old | 18 lbs
My dogs skin has black spots on her tummy and some on her back and on her thigh, its not scaly it looks normal but she doesn't have this before. I notice 2 weeks ago. Is this something I need to be worried about?
1 Answer
Published on April 19th, 2020
A common cause of darkened skin in these areas is from chronic inflammation, which could be caused by fleas, flea allergies, food allergies, bacterial or yeast infections, etc. I would recommend starting Cookie on a monthly flea preventative if she isn't already, and checking in with your vet to see what could be going on.
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