Hi Greg...can you please help me. How do I get rid of the crusties my 10 day old pup has it on its back and face. I dont want to infect the other one. Thanks

Greg has offered you the correct solution. I asked about "cradle cap" look and location as I have also experienced scab like things on the tail with very heavy coated puppies. Older breeders will tell you that is a good indication of great coat when they mature. But totally different from what you are experiencing.
Good luck.

I had the same thing - or what sounds like the same thing - on one of my "survivors" earlier this year. Vet diagnosed it as puppy strangles which I had heard of but never had before, caused by staph. Treatment was amoxicillin for 10 day, and it cleared it up - but it took almost the full 10 days.

I had that problem very bad on 3 pups, funny it was only on the female pups, it spread from a little spot to the back and legs very fast. I used the shampoo that Gregg recommended and it work like a charm. I kept one of the pups that had that problem and her coat is great, and there wasn't any other problem, no strangles not anything else. Thanks a lot Gregg.

I had something similar on 2 of my 3 puppies this past summer. The yellow male did not get any hot spot sores. I first noticed the yellow female had an odd stain on the outside of her thigh. I examined it by pulling her heavy coated hair apart and saw that the stain was a crusty sore much like a hot spot. He sore was the size of a nickel. I decided to shave that little area and used neosporin 3 times a day. My vet prescribed antibotics. I would say the pups were around 2 weeks old when I first noticed the yellow girl's sore. At the same time I examined the Black Male pup and saw he had the same scabby sore on his side of body. I shaved and put him on antibiotic, treating with neosporin. The yellow boy never did get a sore. It was all cleared up within a week.

I've never experience this before but it didn't look like strangles either. My vet suggested staph to but why didn't the yellow boy get it ? Maybe he had a stronger immune system. There was 4th puppy who was dead inside our girl but she didn't come out until 2 days after the 3rd live puppy entered the world. My vet didn't think that was the cause of the 2 pup's sores.

I was considering the derm shampoo, so that's a great suggestion, I'll try that. I have not noticed it spreading from one puppy to the next, it just seems to spread over the back of the puppy affected.

I'll email Gregg, many thanks.

Hi, I had a litter with something very similar. I had about 5 pups out of 9 affected and they seemed to have scabby, crusty areas starting at the tops of their necks and going down their backs. I took them to the vet and he recommended bathing in Chlorhexiderm 2% shampoo every 2 days, the pups improved dramatically just after their first bathing and went on to be perfectly fine. They are over a year old now and the ones I have seen have no skin issues. I think they were 4-5weeks when it started. Hope this helps! A.C.

I have a total of 5 and they are black labs and one is grey/sliver they are 8 wks old and they have the scabs on their neck and a few on their backs I have no clue what they can be ..I need to get rid of the puppies but scared to if they have them because I don't want people to think I'm a cruel person!again I have no clue what they are I need help as well

I have a litter of 9 red nose Pit/ Sheppard mix and 2 of the 9 have thick spots on their tails with almost not hair and something similar to cradle cap, kinda scabby but not oozy or anything. I just got a message from my neighbor who took one of the pups that it's starting in his puppy's tail also. What is it & what should I do? I was using Bag Balm on mom's teats and rubbed some on the puppys tails but I'm not sure it's helping. Any advice or info greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much!
Crystal