Next day.
The family that said they’d adopt cancelled. Paws Patas has no space. But we could arrange a visit to the vet in Turre. Ellen. The same vet we went to with Tex, a few years ago.
She thinks the dog is 4-5 tears old. She's too thin. 29 kilos is too little. The skin patch looks like a yeast infection. That can be due to leishmania, or a simple allergy.
She took a vial of blood to send off to the lab to test for the 5 nasty Spanish dog diseases (leishmania, filaria/heartworm, ehrlichia, and two more).
PS
Blood tests came back negative for all 5 nasty diseases That is incredibly lucky.
We call her "Pilar", or short: "Pili", after the Cuentame Como Paso charatcter.
Skin
She has a big hairless patch, with strange looking scaly skin, and she smells a bit funny. "Elephant skin" the vet called it. Probably a yeast infection called Malassezia, see https://www.marvistavet.com/yeast-infection-of-the-skin.pml
There is a shampoo to treat this, "Malaseb". Another way is to make the skin more acid, using diluted apple vinegar. Using both now, awaiting results. May take a while to clear.
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