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Hey, guys. Dr. Lehrer here today at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital. Today I'm here with Pepper. And Pepper is a six month old female, intact, bully breed. And so the Demodex, what is it? It's a little mite that's inside the hair follicle. Normally not an issue. What normally happens is that you can see it either when they're puppies or you can see it as an adult. If they're puppies, it's a result of genetics. Usually the mite is passed from the mother to the pup when they're first drinking their milk, and then the immune system will usually control it. How do we go ahead about diagnosing it? Typically, we're going to see dogs that have kind of thinning hair, some crustiness, and then we'll do what's called a skin scrape. So we get a blade scrape down to the follicle, which typically requires some bleeding. We'll look under the microscope and get the diagnosis that way. The way that we treat it nowadays is actually with some of the new flea and tick preventatives like Nexgard, Bravecto, Credelio. And it's something that a lot of these dogs will end up having taken care of very, very simply. You guys have any questions about that, let us know and stay tuned.