So hot spots come on from moisture getting in under the fur and not being able to dissipate, which leads to bacteria and yeast organisms growing. In the Skin lesson, Doc recommends treating it like you would dermatitis, so antibiotic topically and immune stimulating herbs internally.

I have had great success in treating the hot spots on my parents Golden Retrievers with a Beef Tallow lotion that we’ve made. We make something similar to this recipe, but do a shorter steep time with the herbs. https://www.milkandhoneyherbs.com/blog/2018/12/11/homemade-herbal-tallow-balm?format=amp

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Marcia Tyrrell, Michelle Moss

I had a book by a veterinarian (I can’t recall his name just now), about herbal pet care.  He said when his own dog had a hotspot that was infected, he made a tea of calendula flowers, and put it in a spray bottle.  He would spray the dog’s sores whenever he thought about it, and whenever the dog started scratching, and pretty soon he was spraying less often as the sores healed.

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Michelle Moss

Hello, our past dog was very prone to hot spots.  You want to try and shave the hair at the spot site so it removes the hair and will make healing much more condusive and the topical sprays will work better.  If I may say, from experience, don’t use an injection called “cytopoint.”  It may work for some, but our dog got that and died suddenly three weeks later.