Dark skin underneath back legs - YorkieTalk.com Forums

cjfox50 · 04-12-2008, 10:07 AM

I just noticed a couple days ago that underneath my dogs hind legs the skin color has turned black and is kinda dry. He is about six months old. What could this be?

RustysMom · 04-12-2008, 11:27 AM

Not that this is your problem, because I don't know.........but I had to giggle remembering when Rusty was a pup. (He is now 3 years+)
I saw that his backside was turning black too and thought he had some horrible disease that wasn't in my yorkie books and the closer I looked, it was just dirt that he had gotton into LOL! I don't know how he got that dirt on him, but he did and a good scrubbing took it away. Silly me for not knowing he needed to be scrubbed not just splashed LOL!
Oh well, he's a foo foo, so a splash should work huh? LOL

cjfox50 · 04-12-2008, 11:47 AM

I actually just got done giving him a bath right now and it wasn't as bad, so you are probably right. I will just scrub more next time. Thanks so much!

I guess I worry to much about my furbaby.

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elle57 · 04-13-2008, 06:24 PM

sammy has a small patch of the dark dryish skin on one of his back legs. i have tried to wash it off, but it is definetly a birthmark of some sort. no hair grows on it. so i have to keep his back legs with longer hair of you will see a patch with no hair. does anyone know hat this is or how it caused?
i thought something was wrong with him when i spotted this.

RustysMom · 04-14-2008, 07:06 PM

Could be birthmarks.... I know Rusty now has little ink spot dots that will not scrub off.... ever seen the big dogs with spots on their bellys? I would not be surprised if that happened in Yorkies too!
Always something new to learn with these babies.

04-12-2008, 10:07 AM	#1
cjfox50 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: minnesota Posts: 175	Dark skin underneath back legs I just noticed a couple days ago that underneath my dogs hind legs the skin color has turned black and is kinda dry. He is about six months old. What could this be? __________________ PROUD MOMMY OF TUCKER

04-12-2008, 11:27 AM	#2
RustysMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trinity, North Carolina Posts: 1,149	Not that this is your problem, because I don't know.........but I had to giggle remembering when Rusty was a pup. (He is now 3 years+) I saw that his backside was turning black too and thought he had some horrible disease that wasn't in my yorkie books and the closer I looked, it was just dirt that he had gotton into LOL! I don't know how he got that dirt on him, but he did and a good scrubbing took it away. Silly me for not knowing he needed to be scrubbed not just splashed LOL! Oh well, he's a foo foo, so a splash should work huh? LOL __________________ : *Rusty, Cheyenne, Bubbles, Chewie, Macayla, Samantha* *Every day is so much fun!*

04-12-2008, 11:47 AM	#3
cjfox50 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: minnesota Posts: 175	I actually just got done giving him a bath right now and it wasn't as bad, so you are probably right. I will just scrub more next time. Thanks so much! I guess I worry to much about my furbaby. http://www.dogster.com/dogs/768279 __________________ PROUD MOMMY OF TUCKER

04-14-2008, 07:06 PM	#5
RustysMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trinity, North Carolina Posts: 1,149	Could be birthmarks.... I know Rusty now has little ink spot dots that will not scrub off.... ever seen the big dogs with spots on their bellys? I would not be surprised if that happened in Yorkies too! Always something new to learn with these babies. __________________ : *Rusty, Cheyenne, Bubbles, Chewie, Macayla, Samantha* *Every day is so much fun!*

04-13-2008, 06:24 PM	#4
elle57 YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: douglaston ny Posts: 498	sammy has a small patch of the dark dryish skin on one of his back legs. i have tried to wash it off, but it is definetly a birthmark of some sort. no hair grows on it. so i have to keep his back legs with longer hair of you will see a patch with no hair. does anyone know hat this is or how it caused? i thought something was wrong with him when i spotted this.