Soars under the chin

[Shelia A. Townsend]

I have a 15 month female that I just discover a few soars under the chin.  She went outside and when she came back I thought her mouth was bleeding, but it was her chin.  When I looked under there was a large sore and a few small ones. The larger one was the one that was bleeding.   Have anyone experience this before?  Could this be a food allergy?  I will be making an appointment for the vet. 

[Julie Stårvik]

Do they look red and lumpy, almost like a spot? Marvel gets these "spots" on his chin and I know his uncle gets the same thing. They don't bother him and he doesn't try to scratch them or anything, but sometimes (like if running through a bush) they can get caught and bleed a little. I haven't seen it often though and it doesn't really concern me :)

If she seems bothered and scratches it and seems uncomfortable I would go and see a vet.

[Shelia A. Townsend]

Yes they are lumpy almost like the skin of a strawberry.  It doesn't seem to  bother her.  She was running and eating snow which she was kind of drag her mouth along on the ground like a shovel.  The snow was not that deep so she may have scratched her face and made it bleed some.  I have been keeping the area as clean as possible.

[Jeff Guidotti]

My boerboels get this too. Are their food bowls plastic? Our vet recommended switching to metal/ceramic food bowls and washing them regularly. The bumps went away.

cheers

[Shelia A. Townsend]

Yes the food bowls are plastic.  I do have stainless steel ones.  I will give that a try and thank you for your response.

[Rory Neufeld]

Mine also has the same thing on his chin, also doesnt really seem to bother him to much. i put polysporin on it and it seems to be helping the large sore he has seems like its getting better anyway. good point on the food bowls being clean as well.

[Miki]

Hi,  my Male Benson used to get this when he was younger, normally when he was chewing at a bone or toy in the garden, I called it puppy acne!  I used to make sure his chin was dry after drinking and put sudocreme on it and stopped him chewing bones/toys until it cleared up. He is 4 now and it doesn't happen any more so perhaps it was because his chin was soft and still growing?

 

Michelle

[Rory Neufeld]

could very well be it does kind of seem like acne. They larger sore my guy has on his chin i have been applying polysporin to for about 6 days now and it looks waaaaaay better.

[Jens Gunther]

Hi,

it's most likely muzzle folliculitis, an inflammation of the hair follicle. It is quite common among Boerboels. Boerboel drool keeps the skin of particularly the lower jaw rather moist, which is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Washing with an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal wash and rubbing on an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal barrier ointment once or twice  a day should clear the infection up pretty quickly. If it doesn't some more investigation may be necessary.

Jens

[Rory Neufeld]

sounds great i will try that! i have been keeping it real dry with regular paper towel mop ups and some polysporin which helped soften the sore and keepin it from cracking and its been doing better. any particular brand of soap and ointment you would recommend? 

Jens Gunther said:

Hi,

it's most likely muzzle folliculitis, an inflammation of the hair follicle. It is quite common among Boerboels. Boerboel drool keeps the skin of particularly the lower jaw rather moist, which is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Washing with an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal wash and rubbing on an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal barrier ointment once or twice  a day should clear the infection up pretty quickly. If it doesn't some more investigation may be necessary.

Jens

[Jens Gunther]

As far as cleaning goes I use a simple water-based spray-on-wipe-off (I just saturate a ball of cotton wool and wash it with that) I get from my pharmacy. It's usually a Chlorohexidine clugonate solution. Doesn't hurt, which is an important consideration when cleaning wounds. As far as the ointment is concerned, we have a great range of veterinary disinfectants in South Africa called F10, but I doubt it's available in Canada. The ointment contains ammonium compounds (for bacteria and fungi), biguanidine compounds (anti-viral) and ampholytic surfacants in a clycol/lanolin base. Perhaps you can find something similar.