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Nov
What Does It Mean When Your Dog Licks Its Paws. An easy sign to miss but dogs licking paws is regularly associated with allergies. Cheri Wulff Lucas a dog behavior specialist and rescuer suggests that the most common reason for dogs to lick their paws is because something is on or in them. If they are licking excessively or chewing their paws. Dogs lick their paws for a number of different reasons.
Check to see if there is something stuck in your dogs paws if you see him licking them. If they are licking excessively or chewing their paws. The simplest of these is that they are dirty and licking them clean is just part of their personal grooming habits. When your dog keeps licking its paw continuously and obsessively the body hairs in that area start falling off and exposes the skin which then becomes red and shiny. If licked further and undetected the area hardens up and sometimes the skin breaks and bleeds. They might have walked through a patch of dirt or if they are like my dog they have a particular aversion to dirty paws.
An easy sign to miss but dogs licking paws is regularly associated with allergies.
If licked further and undetected the area hardens up and sometimes the skin breaks and bleeds. Whatever the cause might be there are many ways to treat this issue. The concern comes when your dog is excessively licking his paws to the point that they are constantly wet. There can be several reasons why your dog is licking their paws. Maybe its just water theyre licking off orI live in California so my dogs sometimes get foxtail stuck in their paws says Lucas. Check to see if there is something stuck in your dogs paws if you see him licking them.