What is the fastest way to get rid of wring worm on my dog?

Answer 1

Ringworm is extremely contagious - you can catch it from your dog!

Please make an appointment ASAP with your vet, and call ahead of time so they know you are bringing in a dog with ringworm. Homeopathic remedies will most likely not work for ringworm - you will need creams or pills from the vet.

Make sure you have any other pets that come in contact with the dog checked for ringworm as well!

Answer 2

You really should see the vet about this for all the reasons mentioned above, plus unless you have a lot of experience at this (then you wouldn't need our advice) it may be confused with other skin conditions. To start treatment with out a proper diagnosis wastes time and money and can lead to serious complications.
If you are sure about this and think you can handle it, go to a farm store and ask for something with gentian violet in it. Put it onthe lessions and a few inches beyond the edges. Your dog will have large purple spots. Reapply when the purple begins to fade. Keep this up until new hair begins making good growth.
A vet is a better idea But this will eventually work and you can use it on your ringworm too. You'll have matching dark purple spots.

Answer 3

ring worm is highly contagious and everyone in your household, even other pets can get it. It is a fast spreading epidemic if do not get under control.

You need to quarantine the dog and keep it away from others, if you cannot afford a vet then here is a remedy used on a friend of mines cats, but handle the dog with rubber gloves to keep from spreading.

RING WORM is a parasite that causes itching and flaking skin. The universal energy center home remedy works really well on RING WORM and is free. RING WORM is really easy to spread from one person to another. If you get RING WORM all you need to do is get a pint of warm water and mix a pint of Clorox in the water. Then take a wash cloth and soak the cloth in the Clorox mixture and place it on the RING WORM. And wash the RING WORM area thoroughly. Do this once a day. Many times one dose will kill the RING WORM fungus, but recommended 2 or 3 days to be sure it has killed the RING WORM.

Not always is it needed to go to a vet, some things can be done at home and this is one of them. Just remember clorox does kill about anything.

Answer 4

(copied & pasted from website http://www.ask-the-vet.com/ring-worm-symptoms.htm)

Ring worm symptoms

I get a lot of questions about ring worm and how it shows up and what the symptoms are in animals – sometimes I diagnose the owners too – if they come in (or their children come in) with similar symptoms!

There is a lot of misconceptions about ring worm and any zoonotic disease for that matter – many owners are aghast that they can catch anything from their beloved pets. But that is the truth, there are more than a handful of what we vets call zoonotic (animal borne diseases that infect humans) diseases. Ring worm is one of the more common and easily identifiable ones.

What is ring worm anyway?

Ring worm is the common name used for a type of fungal infection. There are 3 major types of ring worm – Microsporum, Trychophyton and Epidermophyton. The first 2 are the ones which infect animals whilst the third Epidermophyton usually only causes problems in humans (athlete’s foot/tinea). Microsporum canis is by far the most common ring worm found on dogs and cats. It can also be spread to humans. That’s the bad news, the good news is that unless the animal is immune suppressed, ring worm generally runs its own course in a matter of 6-8 weeks and the symptoms resolve on its own with or without treatment. Having said that, most vets opt to treat ring worm in the animals that have it so as to stop further spread to owners or other animals and to ensure adequate control of the disease.

What are the symptoms?

Patches of hair loss which look like circular scaly areas with raised edges. In most cases, ring worm is not itchy. The ring worm actually works its way outwards from the initial point of contact hence the circular zone looks to be expanding (the innermost area of the lesion is the area already healing and the outermost raised area is the area where the ring worm is the most active). Ring worm generally appears as spots around the head, ears, tail and feet of animals. The symptoms an animal shows can be very variable. Some animals show little or no hair loss at all and seem relatively unperturbed whilst others have marked hair loss with pronounced scaly lesions which can extend to the whole body.

How does your vet diagnose ring worm?

Microsporum canis shows up with a yellow-green fluorescence when you shine a UV lamp on it. Vets call this the Wood’s lamp and the lesions infected with this particular type of ring worm will ‘glow’. To rule out ring worm definitively, a ‘toothbrush’ test is conducted where the hairs around the area are given a good brushing over and the bristles of the brush sent away for fungal culture.

Answer 5

By taking it to the vet for treatment. Oh and you can get it from your dog so I'd hurry if I were you!

Answer 6

Ringworm is highly contagious...get your dog to the vet for medication.

Answer 7

Go to the doctor and get some anti-bacteria gels and they make pills for that!!!

Answer 8

Take it to the vet.

Answer 9

If you think your pet has ringworm, please take him to the vet immediately for treatment. It is contagious to both humans and animals.