This issue started 5 or 6 months ago as a few bumps on her lower back looking like pimples. They didn't bother her but multiplied in a couple of days from 2 bumps to maybe 50 so we went to the vet. he diagnosed it as some allergy and gave her a steroid pill and antibiotic. didn't help anything. if anything made it worse so we went back. he changed her diet and again no results. after about 5 trips we picked a new vet. all he was doing was giving her more steroids and saying good luck. So now we have the new vet and he believes she had a bacterial infection on the back of her neck. She does have an issue on the back of the neck that produces puss and crusts over. He says that the infection causes the bumps/hair loss on her back. The thing is that she had the pimples 3 or 4 months before the bacterial infection showed up. The pimples/medicine began irritating her and she began licking. now she has a lot of very discolored skin and has lost a lot of hair. The amoxicilin the new vet gave her has seemed to cure the back of her neck but she is still ITCHY and scratching a lot. at one point her entire back felt like one huge scab. it felt disgusting to touch her but this has also gone away with the new vet....
Here are the pictures tell me if you have seen anything like it.
notice the dark/black color to her skin. all the skin that has had bumps turned this color, and the rest of her skin is still pink.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...sickdog002.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...sickdog001.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...sickdog003.jpg
and here she is with her boyfriend
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...sickdog004.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...eeboy132/7.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...boy132/3-1.jpg