My dog won’t stop licking one specific paw
Help! My baby boy has irritated skin between his toes, has licked it for 6 days and about to take him to vet tmrw — but posting this now incase they can’t help identify the root cause either.
Part of me thinks he got one tiny burr spike stuck between his toes at one point causing this reaction, and the other part of me thinks it’s allergies. We Live in Indiana. Need an answer quick because my wife and I we leave in 3 days for our trip to Italy and will be boarding him (which atleast is a super luxurious place and has very attentive staff for him)
If it’s a burr spike, I can’t find it or see one at all. Maybe it came loose or fell out by now? If so it definitely led to enough itchiness to cause him to lick and irritate the skin.
If it’s allergies, not sure how to tell. Should take him to the vet first thing tmrw morning?
Here’s what I’ve tried…. I’ve tried washing out his paw with cold clean water (one period-sized dot of Dawn soap mixed in until a thin layer of bubbles at top), and I’ve swished the water around the paw, then towel dab and gentle squeeze to dry. 833
Just to keep it clean and see if I can knock out any sort of thing that may have been stuck in between his toes. I’ve read that soaking doesn’t help with burrs, but that’s for burrs that are still complete seed with multiple spikes on it. I’m talking about one burr spike from a burr that could have been stuck. I’ve checked his paws between the toes, and his under paw (when dry and when wet) to see if I can find something but can’t at all. It’s also hard because he has multi-colored dark hair and paws are tricky to scan over to begin with.
The past 5 days we’ve been giving him PetLab Co skin support vitamins and allergy & immune support vitamins daily to help support his skins recovery. But it obviously it hasn’t supported a full recovery.
I’m here to learn, consider all possibilities, any help is appreciated!! 833