Will His Hair Grow Back

[dannyp90]

hi, i have a german shepered puppy currently 10 weeks old, picked him up a week ago and ive noticed a few what look to be white bald patches, its defintley not mange or anything like that, the breeder said it could be from when the pups played and bit eachother but im not so sure, any advise would be greatly appreciated, thanks

[Peaspeculiars]

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Hi Danny, that doesn't look bad at all - it looks as though he has scraped it on something, perhaps when he was only a couple of weeks old and it's healed very quickly - if this is the case, the fur probably won't grow back. (My lab had a circular shaped scrape on his back leg and it looks similar, although his is at the front - his fur has not grown back and he is absolutely fine). It won't be a pressure sore as the tendon is going down the middle of the two patches - as the tendon is more prominent, that area would have no fur either, so he's probably scraped it a while ago. I don't think he'd be able to reach that area to nibble, so I'd rule out historic flea irritation (especially if he hasn't got fleas) and I don't think it looks like a skin condition either as it wouldn't be specifically on the back of both legs and no-where else.
See how it goes for a few weeks and if there are any changes, of course drop into your vets, but I don't think it's anything to be concerned about :-) Enjoy your pup, and all the best x

[dannyp90]

Thanks for your reply, if you look very closely I'm pretty sure there's hairs growing back, or is that just wishful thinking?

[paddywak]

Just enjoy your pup dannyspots and all.As you can see from my avatar I'm a GSD lover so lets have some pictures of him please

[RATTER15]

is there an echo in this thread?

[dannyp90]

Paddywak, send me your email and I'll send you some

[dannyp90]

Paddywak, send me your email and I'll send you some

[amyi]

I suggest you seeing a doctor.Once I saw a reported,a scientist from CD Genomics(a bio company,http://www.cd-genomics.com)have said the results could be worse if no action was taken.So I do think you can see a doctor for spercific advice!