Husky bites her paws

Husky1 · 11-17-2009, 07:24 PM

Has anyone had a dog that bites their paws enough so that they bleed? I haven't been able to find any glass, splinters, etc, etc. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.

Kathyy · 11-18-2009, 02:27 AM

That is a classic sign of allergy. Food allergy. My dog only licked her feet until the saliva stained her feet red though.

sassykzt · 11-18-2009, 03:12 AM

It may be Malassezia pachydermatis--a yeast infection. Dogs with infections on their toes may lick their feet constantly. Hair loss, redness, hyper pigmentation (blackening of the skin), and thickening of the skin may also be present. It is diagnosed w/ a skin scraping and put under a microscope. Since grains feed the yeast-- the dog's diet may be responsible. Often many vets want to put the dog on life-long dose of steroids since they do not check for the yeast. Hope this give you some more info. to ponder....

Husky1 · 11-18-2009, 09:29 PM

Thanks folks.

ptoot · 11-20-2009, 09:25 AM

Been there done that....changed out the food from a chicken based to fish and sweet potato and voila!!!Foot chewing stopped

TxRider · 11-21-2009, 01:34 PM

My GSD licked her paws until they started turning red. She also got an infected claw.

After a treatment with antibiotics failed, the vet scraped and found yeast and bacteria.

Got it healed up I think, and she's been on a grain free food for a month and doesn't seem to be licking them much at all now.

My other dog chews her claws though, never seen a dog do that before, no idea whats up with that.

Husky1 · 11-21-2009, 07:14 PM

She also scratches a variety of places and they sometimes develop into sores. Right now, she has sores under her lower jaw. Just as it begins to heal, she will scrape the scab off. She has been given shots for this in the past. It helps for a little while then back to square one. Maybe a skin scraping is in order.

TxRider · 11-21-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Husky1

She also scratches a variety of places and they sometimes develop into sores. Right now, she has sores under her lower jaw. Just as it begins to heal, she will scrape the scab off. She has been given shots for this in the past. It helps for a little while then back to square one. Maybe a skin scraping is in order.

With mine it was a yeast problem.

She got 2 weeks of steroids, and a month of antibiotics and anti fungals, and she has stopped her licking it seems and is healed up. Hopefully the grain free food will help keep it away.

I had her on EVO, but I tried Taste of the wild with bison and venison and she loves that, stinky stuff though, smells like an old buffalo bull or something.

Hallie · 11-22-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Husky1

She also scratches a variety of places and they sometimes develop into sores. Right now, she has sores under her lower jaw. Just as it begins to heal, she will scrape the scab off. She has been given shots for this in the past. It helps for a little while then back to square one. Maybe a skin scraping is in order.

It sounds like allergies, my pup is doing the same thing right now. Her toes actually got to the point of bleeding and unfortunately that didn't stop her! We switched foods just the other day and I haven't seen her chew them since a day after we switched! Suprisingly we had her on Pacific Stream TOTW and she itched more on that than anything else.