i brought my spayed five-year-old mix to the vet twice recently. one of her nipples was large, swollen, red and itchy and the hair around it was gone. the vet said it was probably an infection and gave her clavamox for treatment. it got smaller and the discharge was gone, but it is still big, swollen and itchy and the hair hasn't grown back in. the others are getting a bit bigger too. during my second visit, the vet said it could be hormonal or a tumor but since it got a bit smaller switched her to augmentin suspension.
my question: how can you tell if it's a tumor? and if anyone here has had their dog take either antibiotic, which one works better? i was thinking of asking my vet if my dog could just continue with the clavamox because i felt that the augmentin had such a high dosage (and it's for people anyway). what do you think?
side question: my dog also has flaky skin and the vet prescribed a shampoo with chlorhexidine, which is for antifungal treatment. i'm curious if anyone else has had their vet prescribe this kind of shampoo for flaky skin. thanks!