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04-23-2008, 09:02 AM | #1 |
Luv Love LOVE My Boys! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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| My Lil Paw Chewer My yorkie chews his paws a lot and I was wondering what the reason may be for this? Does anyone know? He chews and chews until his paws are really wet. Can I do anything to stop his little chewing obsession?
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04-23-2008, 10:02 AM | #2 |
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| Zoe does the same thing...hate to say it but until she was about a year I couldn't understand why she always chewed especially on the side of her paw...she always had thick long leg hair..one day I happen to rub closer to the skin and what do you know she has her dew claws! I dont know why they are there, they were supposed to be out but breeder never answered me so maybe she was missed?
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04-23-2008, 10:05 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Chewing/licking/biting paws is THE cardinal sign of an allergy in dogs - so it could be from food, environmental, or seasonal. What are you feeding?
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04-23-2008, 10:20 AM | #4 | |
Luv Love LOVE My Boys! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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I was feeding him Diamond Puppy Food but have just switched to Innova Puppy Food. That is what he was being fed when I got him (Diamond Food) Unbeknownst to me, I had no idea that the Diamond Food had by-product and such in it but the Innova is all natural so maybe that will help. Keeping my fingers crossed.....
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04-23-2008, 10:22 AM | #5 |
Luv Love LOVE My Boys! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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| Dew claws.... Are the dew claws the thumb like claw higher up on the inside of their leg? Are they not supposed to have that? My Derby does....
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04-23-2008, 10:26 AM | #6 |
Luv my 7 Furkids Donating Member | yes thats the dew claw. Besides changing diet for alergies, try mixing vinegar and water and spraying on the paws. It soothes and they chew less. I just read that not too long ago and it works |
04-23-2008, 01:13 PM | #7 |
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| My T.J. has been chewing his legsaws for 10 years. My vet says it is a nervous habit like biting nails and if you stop it he will just do something else. It isn't necessarily allergies. I he's not scratching or biting anywhere else it could be just an obsession like you said |
04-23-2008, 01:26 PM | #8 | |
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04-25-2008, 09:30 AM | #9 |
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| my puppy chews her paws sometimes, usually when she is trying to bite my fingers when I'm petting her and I let her know that ain't happenin', she starts chewing her own paws instead. If I give her a toy when she starts doing it, she'll chew that instead. She just wants something to put in her mouth. |
04-25-2008, 09:34 AM | #10 |
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| My pom did that off and on for 13 years and he was healthy in every other way. He didn't do it all the time. It was weird. |
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