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The purpose of the work was to establish the agents causing pododermatis of dogs and assess the results of treatment. The studies were carried out on 14 dogs with the signs of pododermatitis. The main microflora isolated from the infectious foci belonged to Staphylococcus spp and P. pachydermatis (57%). The sensitivity of staphylococci determined by the disc method against penicillin, streptomycin, terramycine, chloromycetine, neomycin, erythromycin, doxycycline and cloxacillin was differentiated. All the strains were sensitive to neomycin and resistant to cloxacillin. Antibiotic therapy combined with a topic application of chlorhexidine proved to be effective in 8 cases. In other 6 dogs with a simultaneous allergic signs of a disease a combined application of chemotherapy and antiallergic drugs permitted to obtain positive results. These data indicate that isolated bacteria and fungi played a secondary role in the process of the disease.