Quote Originally Posted by denise52358
Yes, unfortunately my Delilah has it. I noticed it last weekend as a red patch onher shoulder that seemed to grow. I took her to the vet this week and she is on an ointment that I have to apply to the area daily for a month. I just hope it doesnt' spread. The vet said she only saw 2 or 3 of the mites that cause it in the scrapings she took from 2 different places on Delilah's shoulder. It almost made me cry to hold my baby while the dr scraped her skin off. Now my girl has 2 "owies" on her shoulder. She's still my princess and she's still beautiful. Thanks God it is not contagious so Samson and Zukie won't get it.

I was just curious about others experiences with this as I have not encountered in any fo my other dogs before. The vet said she has seen alot of it lately.
You know, from what I've read ALL dogs have the demodectic mange mite on them. It's only when seen in large numbers, that they will loose hair/itch. Therefore, seeing 2-3 mites is normal. You might want to get a second opinion on that. It usually dosen't start on the shoulders either-it's usually feet and around the head/base of the ears that you would see it. It sounds like what my Sam had, supposedly a reaction to a flea bite. And yes, one flea can cause a reaction like that. But please research it a bit, and maybe get a second opinion. I don't know your vet, but from an uncaring vet's perspective it is more profitable to treat something as something else, having no improvement, trying something else, and so on. I've seen it happen a couple times, unfortunately.