A common cause of irritation that allows hot spots on dogs to develop is an allergy to flea bites. Other examples include: 1  Insect bites or stings. 2  Allergies (e.g. canine atopic dermatitis or food allergies). 3  Matted Coat. 4  Minor Injuries such as cuts and grazes. 5  Under-grooming or excessive grooming.
Color us sad: Crayola is retiring the dandelion crayon. by Aaron Smith @AaronSmithCNN March 31, 2017: 11:04 AM ET. The hottest news of the week broke a day early: Crayola is retiring the yellowish dandelion crayon from its rainbow of colors.
Crayola added 40 crayon colors in 1949, 16 in 1958, eight in 1972, 16 in 1990, 16 in 1993, 24 in 1998 and four in 2003. The company retired eight colors in 1993 and four more in 2003. It has changed the contents of its crayon boxes many times and has also renamed a number of colors.