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Hey gang! I'm looking for suggestions for what to put on my dog's snout, to help it from getting too chapped in the dry climate in which I live. I have about 20 seconds of treatment time, twice a day, to apply an oil or cream to his chapped snout and I'm looking for suggestions! This would be right after I give him the "Eat!" command, when he's too occupied with eating his food to bother licking off whatever goop I've put on his snout.
I have tried coconut and olive oils, and vitamin E oil. Olive oil actually seems to work the best in minimizing the chapping, but nothing seems to heal it to the point where it's not bloody. I am afraid to put an antibiotic ointment on it, because he inevitably licks whatever I apply right off when he's done eating, and it just doesn't seem healthy for him to be eating antibiotic ointment twice a day.
Environmentally, I've tried a humidifier, but it was a joke. I'd have to get a whole-house system, methinks, to remedy the problem. I've moved his pad away from the fireplace to reduce the drying effect, and I try not to use my ceiling fans. (During the summer, ceiling fan on at night == scabby nose, ceiling fan off at night == no scabby nose, it's a direct correlation). When I take him down to more a humid clime for a couple of weeks, it heals right up, and then about 5 days after I get him back home it starts to crack and then bleed and finally scab over again.
Just curious if anyone has ideas. Here's a pic of the poor pup. Thanks!
I have tried coconut and olive oils, and vitamin E oil. Olive oil actually seems to work the best in minimizing the chapping, but nothing seems to heal it to the point where it's not bloody. I am afraid to put an antibiotic ointment on it, because he inevitably licks whatever I apply right off when he's done eating, and it just doesn't seem healthy for him to be eating antibiotic ointment twice a day.
Environmentally, I've tried a humidifier, but it was a joke. I'd have to get a whole-house system, methinks, to remedy the problem. I've moved his pad away from the fireplace to reduce the drying effect, and I try not to use my ceiling fans. (During the summer, ceiling fan on at night == scabby nose, ceiling fan off at night == no scabby nose, it's a direct correlation). When I take him down to more a humid clime for a couple of weeks, it heals right up, and then about 5 days after I get him back home it starts to crack and then bleed and finally scab over again.
Just curious if anyone has ideas. Here's a pic of the poor pup. Thanks!
