Why are dogs prone to fungal skin diseases in summer?

To cool down their pets, owners may bathe them frequently, many believing that this will both cool them down and prevent parasites and other diseases from interfering. However, this is not the case. The layer of sebum on the outside of your pet’s epidermis has a defensive effect on the surface of the skin, and frequent bathing can damage this barrier, and the animal’s skin is so thin that washing too often will inevitably damage it. Of course, it is also bad for the skin if it is not bathed for a long time. Due to the heat, the pet’s blood is mainly distributed to the periphery in order to dissipate heat, resulting in a poor blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract and a poor appetite, which is further reduced by the large amount of water used to dilute the stomach acid. The lack of nutrients and energy supply in the body makes resistance insufficient. Pets suffer from heat stress in a hot environment and have a relatively weak immune system, which allows some harmful bacteria or parasites to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the body, such as the common worm mites and Malassezia, which are normally parasitic on the hair follicles and body surface and are not harmful to the body, but when the body’s immune system is low, they will take advantage of the situation to multiply and make the pet sick.