[GilbertDK]

Hello all and I hope maybe someone can help solve this one, or has seen it before. It all started a few weeks ago when our 2 year old started showing little bumps on the top of his head and top of his nose. They are not very big, and not really visible from a distance, but you can see them just below the fur.
The ones on his head actually caused a little fur loss, and were possibly weeping a little. He then also developed some behind one of his ears, and these also weeped a little, and it was noticeable in the matted fur behind his ear. It doesn't seem to bother him very much, and he doesn't scratch them, although he is not so keen on you touching them for too long, but i dont think they hurt.
We saw the vet a few days after it started, and she told us it was a skin infection, so prescribed a course of antibiotics and anti-fungal creme. This did nothing, and new bumps appeared on his nose.
We went back to the vet a week ago, who now says that it must be a food allergy, so he is on a protein free diet, and has no other foods, as well as being on some pills to bring down the rash. The rash behind the ears is almost gone, but the bumps on his nose are still there. It seems like a few bumps will disappear, then reappear again a couple of days later somewhere else on his nose. So basically not much of an improvement.
We are left scratching our heads a little now as to what it might be and losing a little confidence in the vet. Finally we live in Norway, and it is now almost winter, so there is no pollen around. We dont have any snakes or spiders that can do much damage, although there were a lot of ticks over the summer.
Any ideas - please, please, please?

 

[Shane&Moose]

My golden also use to get bumps on his nose, never behind the ears though. My thought was maybe a bee sting of some kind? i took him to the vet several times but never really left with a complete answer. I hope someone else could shed some light on this, although its been more then 9 months since the last bump i have seen.

Shane

 

[GilbertDK]

Yeah, that was was what we thought initially, but they have been there for 3-4 weeks now, and come and go, and there are no bees left here now as it is too cold. But they are about the same size as a bee sting, and there are maybe 4 or 5 of them at any one time, varying slightly in size, with the smallest barely noticeable. It is also possible that the rash behind is ear was unrelated, as that has now cleared, and seemed to clear with anti-biotics and creme.

 

[BeauShel]

It sounds like it could be puppy acne. Here is a thread that talks about it
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/showthread.php?t=53226&highlight=puppy+acne The thread has some good info on it for over the counter meds

 

[GilbertDK]

I guess it is possible, but it doesn't really look like that, and he is over 2 years old, so I am not so sure. Is it possible that this can occur in a dog of this age?

 

[Noey]

Noah had mystery bumps on his nose for a few days. They were hard and about the size of a pea cut in half.

They vanished as quickly as they appeared. I thought an allergy. Or bug bite(s)

 

[Romeo1]

Yes, I had the same thing. Ran to the vet, said it was something call folliculitis. Went away in a few days. Can't remember if they gave me meds or not for it, but it was nothing serious.

 

[GilbertDK]

He still has the bumps, and they have been there basically for about 3-4 weeks, sometimes more obvious than other times, but always there. New ones keep popping up and then disappear after a week or so, with more appearing. All very strange really.

 

[GilbertDK]

Update - the bumps are still on his nose, although the rash behind his ears has cleared. He has been on an allergy test diet for 2 weeks, and some medication. He now has a couple of extra bumps, including one close to the corner of his eye, since starting the new diet. There is one bump right in the middle of his nose that has been there throughout and is still there, although the size appears to change a bot from time to time. He has absolutely no itching though, and he doesnt seem to notice them at all, which combined with the fact that there is no improvement after 2 weeks, really make me doubt that it is a food allergy. He has another 6 weeks to go on this diet, which happens to be twice the cost of normal food and was sold to us by the vet!
I am really get a bit frustrated, and am kind of worried that it is something more serious and the vet has missed it somehow.
Any one any ideas?

 

[desilu]

Just a crazy suggestion . . . are you a using plastic dish for his food? Might try stainless.
Good luck. It is so hard when you can't figure out what is wrong.

 

[GilbertDK]

Another good suggestion, and I can see where you are coming form, but we have always used stainless. On a similar line of thought though, i have started being very aware in the last few weeks of what we use to wash his bowl, and any contact he may have with chemicals to try and rule that out. I am wracking my brains to think of any potential contaminants. I still think though that this is maybe the most likely, as it is around his nose which, being a golden, gets everywhere!