Red Spot on Dog’s Lower Lip/Chin

Hi Lisa,
From the photos you submitted, it looks very similar to the eruptions that occur from contact allergy to plastic dishes. A food allergy would occur on his face and/or body, and appear as hives or would be red and very itchy.

Other possibilities would be canine acne, caused from Staph bacteria, or some other contact irritation. You did not mention if there was anything on the inside of his lower lip.

Feeding him from a stainless steel bowl, or ceramic would be the healthiest. And also a non-plastic water bowl would be best.

Seeking the help of a holistic veterinarian would be ideal, to determine the cause, and the best treatment.

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His food bowl is stainless steel and his water bowl is ceramic, so I doubt it's a plastic allergy.

So maybe it's a staph infection. I don't see anything special on the inside of his lower lip.

I have a holistic vet and will go see her.

Hi Lisa, did you fing out a cause of the redness.. My yellow lab has what looks like the same thing but we cant afford a vet right now..

hi there
i just wonder if you found the cause of the spot on your dogs mouth we have the same bichon with almost identicle spot!! wierd!! hes been a little quiet today, but hasnt eaten anything new that i know of.
he's a fussy eater so wouldnt eat anything whilst out on a walk.
any help would be amazing thank you xx

As I recall, the vet figured it was some kind of bacterial infection. I do remember he was put on meds, antibiotics I think. I forget exactly because it was awhile ago. The pills cleared things up right away.

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Hey there...

I came across this thread while doing a search because my dog had a similar red spot on her lower lip.

2 weeks ago on a Saturday I noticed a greyizh mark on her lower lip, and by day three it had grown and became very pink. It was not sensitive to the touch. My wife and I decided that if it got worse or didn't change in a few days that we'd take her to see the vet. Slowly, on its own, it began to change back to normal. We didn't do anything differently (already had SS dishes). She had actually just been at the vet the week prior. Anyway, the pink spot is no more, as all of the black pigment has slowly filled it back in.

Just wanted to share the experience.