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.
handful of crayons. Getty Images/Photographer Thomas Northcut. Crayola brand crayons () were the first kids crayons ever made, invented by cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. The word Crayola was created by Alice Stead Binney (wife of Edwin Binney) who took the French words for chalk (craie) and oily (oleaginous) and combined them.