Our working dog (he herds cows) got a bad fungal infection several years ago while away working cattle for several months. He had gotten dirt and poop and other odds and ends stuck between the webbing of his feet and w/o a proper bath to wash this stuff out got what our vet related it to athletes foot. He took a scraping from the foot to make sure but provided us with some med. I forget the name of it because it's been a really long time ago.
Also if your parents put down weed killer or lyme or any type of grass grower/killer he may be walking thru this to use the potty and he may have a reaction to this.
Does it seam to be painful or irritating to the dog? If not, I don't think your parents would opt to take him to the vet anyways. But if it is painful maybe you could offer to pay half the bill. I know for a fact that my vet treats dogs w/o shots. He just has them come into a different area of the clinic. He does give them info for local providers of discounted shots as well. (maybe you can look into that option too?) |