Dog - paws biting

Bubble16

My boxer suffers from allergies (as yet, despite vaste expensem undetermined) and one of the symptoms is chewing his paws. Might be worth having a think about whether you changed detergent etc just prior to the symptoms starting?

suki1964

gone4gold62 wrote: »

hi my old dog used to chew his paw , i used tea tree oil and vaseline worked a treat .may save you the cost and hassle of trip to the vets ,

And could cost you a lot more if treating from advice from a layman who has no idea whats wrong with your pet

gone4gold62

suki1964 wrote: »

And could cost you a lot more if treating from advice from a layman who has no idea whats wrong with your pet

never said had to take my advice was just staitng what worked for mine .

gettingready

Do not have carpets, only laminate - and have been using the same cleaner for years.

Checked her paws, nothing there at all. Put Sudocream on for 3 days now, she is not biting any more.

I have a feeling in MIGHT be the cat litter, the clumping one tracks a bit and may have irritated her paws.

Or could be the new leather cleaner I have been using for the sofas as she is always on the armchair....

Will keep on eye on her, cats are booked for spay/neuter for the 8th, if she starts again - she will come to vets with us...

Thanks everyone

Nicoll

I've got this with my Rottie, he's been licking his paws like mad, biting at this bum and scratching at his ears. Vet emptied anal glands and gave me some anti-biotics and cream for his ears. 3 weeks later he's no better so have advised me he might be sensitive (I laughed at that, he's the most un-sensitive looking dog!). He has been put on hyper allergenic dry food for 2 weeks to see it that helps. Don't know what you feed your girlie but might be same issue.

Humphrey10

My dog went through a period of chewing her tail, it was set off (we think) by her getting scratched on her stomach by something (brambles or something like that), the vet said the scratches were slightly infected and could be itchy, and she thought the dog might have been annoyed by the itching, so was biting at everywhere that had the slightest itch, so there was probably nothing wrong with the tail at all, it just had a little itch one day so she went for it, and chewed right through the skin.

Once she had chewed it, as it started to heal it was itchy, so she kept on chewing it. She was so distressed by the collar we put on to stop her getting at it, the morning after the night we put it on we found her standing up (she is always asleep and lying down before we let her out in the morning), and hot (not just warm) to the touch all over, she was really shaking, and her jaw and neck were wet with saliva. It was horrible to see, so we gave up with the collar there and then!

We then tried just to keep an eye on her, but as soon as we looked away almost she was back chewing at it. Instead we bandaged her tail, first with micropore (I think thats what the dressings are called? Or is micropore the tape?) and bandage held on with surgical tape, that worked for a few days then she worked out she could chew it off, so then we used micropore (dressings) and the sticky elastic bandage to hold it on, she couldnt get that off.

It took weeks for her to stop chewing it, a couple of times it looked 100% healed so we took the bandage off, as soon as she was out of sight she chewed a hole in her tail again. So we had to leave it bandaged for a few days after it was healed, and keep an eye on her when we took it off to make sure she didn't start chewing it again. Eventually it was fully healed, and she hasn't chewed it since.

So there might not actually be anything wrong with your dog's paw, it might just have been irritated by something, and your dog might be chewing it because it is healing and itches.

Sorry for the long post!