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This is best left to a veterinarian, as it can be very messy, unpleasant for the dog and potentially have significant medical complications.

Treatment is relatively simple for smaller boils - the veterinarian (or technician) will clip the hair around the boil and clean the skin with a medical sanitizer then wash and dry the area. The veterinarian (definitely the vet) will anesthetize the skin around the boil with a local nerve block, then lance the boil with a sterile scalpel blade. If it is truly just a boil, there will be pus (think popping a pimple, only larger) that drains from the boil. Once the pus is cleaned out, the vet may choose to place a drain or may simply put a pressure bandage over the boil to reduce the dead space and promote healing. Often the vet will prescribe antibiotics as a preventive measure, and depending on the location may also provide pain pills.

Larger boils are treated in a similar fashion, but the dog will usually be put under general anesthesia and the lancing will be treated like a surgery. This also allows the vet to remove excess skin tissue, close the area to further reduce dead space and to place drains as needed to keep cleaning the area out.

If the boil is not an infectious problem, the underlying cause of the boil is often found when lanced. This could be anything from parasites (maggots are not uncommon, particularly if there was a previous wound or trauma around the area) to a foreign body (bullet fragment, piece of a twig or stick, etc). Once the underlying problem is removed and addressed, the boil is treated as described above and the dog is generally fine afterwards.

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