Our Yorkie Poo licks her front paw, just one of them. We think it started when she actually got nicked at her old groomers and then turned into a habit.
Our vet said sometimes what can start out as an injury, can turn into an anxiety thing, or even boredome as someone else suggested.
She is sooo much better than she used to be, she used to lick it raw and we had to use medicine and take her to the vet all the time and they would have to freeze it. Now she seems to go through periods where she won't do it at all and then she will just pick it up again. Our vet said we could put her on anxiety medication if we wanted to go that route, but we really don't.
We do what you do, we talk to her when we see her starting and just try and watch her as much as possible.
My friend's dog obsessively licks carpet!
I'm sorry I don't have any great solutions, hopefully your Odie will be like Crosley and he will calm down and stop or at least not as much. |