put him on natural balance venison and sweet potato asap for 12 weeks nothing else.
could have been a bee sting and then licking it caused reaction in mouth. Has this happened alot or a one time thing?
Join allerdog on yahoogroups.com if dealing with allergies
Bath in dr bronners mild unscented baby shampoo as it has all organic oils and great for allergy dogs. It has coconut oil and coconut oil is natural antifungal and antibacterial. Also you should be doing probiotics for this dog internally -- dds plus is non dairy and you can get from vitamin shop -- i do two capsules a day
i have been dealing with allergies for 5 years not fun
NO OATMEAL SHAMPOOS - it is a grain and most dogs are allergic to it.
another good shampoo is blue hypoallergenic it has aloe vera in it but it does not have coconut so i just switched back to dr bronners as my dd had a bacteria infection so thinking the blue did not have coconut which allowed bacteria to get in hair follicles so need to use a coconut based shampoo. I also use coconut as a topical for hot spots - works great
another thing you can do to stop the licking is to put a bunch of coconut oil on the paw and then get a baby mitten and use a scrunchy around the baby mitten. I do this when dd starts her obssessive licking after i have tried washing her paws.
so sorry allergies are the worst as no real cure just keeping dog comfortable
but if this is an on going thing get to a dermatologist that specializes in allergies. We go to one and have been for 3 years now and they are the specialist in this area