Skin Guides
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Yeast or Bacteria? How to Tell What's Behind Your Dog's Itch
Greasy and musty, or crusted with little red spots? Malassezia yeast and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius look alike from the outside, live on healthy dog skin, and very often show up together. Here is what actually separates them, and why skin cytology is the test that ends the guessing. -
Dog Still Smells Bad After a Bath? What the Smell Is Telling You
You bathed your dog on Saturday. By Monday, the smell is back. That is not a hygiene failure, it is information. Here is how to read musty, sour, fishy and greasy smells, what the veterinary evidence says about each one, and why humidity makes it worse here.