tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post4979742331242388096..comments2023-08-28T03:16:12.352-07:00Comments on Just dogs with Sherri: Sebaceous CystsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-68307215034021356042010-09-24T17:35:56.082-07:002010-09-24T17:35:56.082-07:00THANK YOU for this posting! I have a standard poo...THANK YOU for this posting! I have a standard poodle. She is my first standard poodle and the most fantastic dog I have ever had the pleasure to live with and I have had some pretty fantastic dogs. She began having some problems with sebaceous cysts when she was three (she is six now) and it seems like we are always working on one. I do all my own grooming so I know every spot on her. Her hair does grow back in the spots, but she is a charcoal gray color and the spots grow back with dark black hair (she was a coal black puppy) She never gets one in the same place, it's always in a new location and she always has one or two brewing it seems. Twice we have had one get infected and had to go to the vet and he has put her on an antibiotic. I have pretty much treated them just as you described and we have not had to have any removed surgically ...yet. She had a bad bout with one on her tail which caused extreme swelling and scared me to death (not much room for swelling in a poodle tail) but it ruptured thank God and I worked hard to keep it draining. They worry me greatly. I have had dogs with lipomas before, but never the cysty problem that my poor girl has. I am transitioning from Innova and Solid Gold dog food to feeding raw. Do you feel that there is a nutritional component to the problem? There are not many standard poodles around here and my vet doesn't have much advice. Your post has made me feel better, because I have been following your blog and you definitely know what you are doing with dogs so if your Tilley can have cysts then maybe I am not such a failure as a poodle care taker after all!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15930255044158443769noreply@blogger.com