Someone I know (who is also a Vet Tech.) saw the pictures I posted and said it looked like a bacterial or fungal infection. (Thank-you for this info!)
So I did a search online and one of the possible infections dogs are prone to are caused by yeast.
Yeast is common in dogs' ears.
Hm.
Dingle had been licking my boyfriend's dogs ears constantly - more so than normal.
We look in the dogs ear and voila - it's red and irritated.
Give it a smell and it stinks... similar to bread.
Boom, we assume the dog has a yeast overgrowth in his ears. He has floppy ears and in the summer floppy eared dogs can have ear problems.
Luckily we had Surolan at home - Dingle has had an ear infection in the past and so has my other boyfriend's dog (who also has floppy ears).
I assumed Dingle's 'beak' (as my boyfriend calls it) was irritated from the yeast.
Yes, we believe my dog has/had "crotch rot" on his face.
Did I rush Dingle off to the vet? No. I decided to try a natural remedy, as his muzzle was already looking significantly better than before. That and Dingle has been on so many meds in his 3, almost 4, years and I wanted to spare him any potential side effects... at least for the time being.
After a few days of him eating plain yogurt, a few wipes with apple cider vinegar and water and he looked so much better.
The bf's dog's ear is all better.
I also read that Surolan can be used on skin and yesterday put a teensy bit on the areas he can't lick (don't want Dingle to ingest it).
I'm hoping we spared Dingle a trip to the vet. Though he loves going, I don't...
And time for a Dingle picture...
Dingle in the bath along with his 'brothers'... the pug/bulldog mix and the pug/beagle mix (the dog who had the ear infection)
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