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Dog Keeps Licking Paws - Is It Just a Weird Habit?

Dog Keeps Licking Paws - Is It Just a Weird Habit?

Recently, the dog behaves strangely. He licks his feet all the time and can't stop licking off his hair. What's wrong with the dog? Is he suffering from any strange illness?

This article invites Dr. Chen Xiaoqin, a famous pet hospital, to solve the doubts in the hearts of parents!

Dog licks jio, all because of interphalangeal inflammation

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Dogs lick their feet crazily because they suffer from interphalangeal inflammation. With this disease, dogs have red and swollen toes and hair loss. Dogs will lick their feet constantly because of itching and discomfort.

Causes of interphalangeal inflammation

Interphalangeal inflammation is a fungal infection, some of which can also be mixed with bacterial infections. Dogs usually take a bath and go out to tread water without drying, which is the cause of interphalangeal inflammation.

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Treatment principles

When dogs suffer from interphalangeal inflammation, they should be treated with fungal drugs, which can be combined with bacterial drugs.

Careful nursing, keep away from interphalangeal inflammation

1 Precautions during illness

When the dog suffers from interphalangeal inflammation, there may be a discharge of pus. In addition, the dog's foot hair is very long. If it is not cleaned all the time, the inflammation will be more serious.

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So before medication, parents can cut off the dog's long hair and use saline to clean up the dog's inflamed position.

Because dogs lick their feet, parents should prepare an Elizabeth circle for dogs to prevent them from licking the medicine.

Attention should be paid to daily nursing.

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After the dog goes out, especially in rainy days, the dog's feet must be cleaned, and the cleaning and nursing products with bacteriostatic effect can be chosen. After cleaning, be sure to dry your dog's hair with a towel or a hair dryer.

Parents should be diligent in trimming the dog's long foot hair. Trimming foot hair is not only for beauty, but also can effectively reduce the growth of bacteria.

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Dogs must be thoroughly dried after bathing, wet hair can not only cause interphalangeal inflammation, but also easily cause other skin diseases.