Excessive Paw Licking? Why it happens and What you can do.

why is your dog always licking his or her paws and there are three primary reasons why i'm going to show you what's going on and more importantly what you can do about it [Music] hello welcome back to my channel if you're new welcome click there to subscribe hit the bell to sign up for notifications and then when you click the link directly in the box below i can send you copy my free book there are three primary reasons why your dog is licking your paws you've got a dog that's got an allergy dogs that have allergies they love to lick their paws i especially find it common on the front of the paws they're excessively licking the top of the paw and it'll often if you've got a white-haired dog unfortunately to a star if you can't tell get stained all dark it could be a food allergy it could be a flea allergy most likely is atopy or environmental allergy if you've got an allergic dog excessively licking his or her paws the first thing i suggest to quickly stop that licking in the itching herbal tankster licorice root licorice root is considered the natural corticosteroid meaning it can often stop the licking quite quickly we're looking at standard dog doses of about a half a mil of tincture for 20 pounds of body weight twice daily for a maximum of 10 to 14 days there is a half a mil of licorice root tincture number two a condition called photodermatitis it means inflammation infection in between the foot pads so the area between the foot pads it can be red inflamed and swollen i've trimmed some hair in between tula's foot pad and you can see the redness in here [Music] right up right here over a little carpal pad right below between a couple of the digit pads it's red it's been inflamed i would partly explain why she's doing some of that licking if your dog has photodermatitis it could be from bacteria that are growing in between the surface of the skin it could be from yeast that are growing in between the surface of the digits it may even be just primary inflammation could be your dog's been walking outside they've got salt you've got this red inflamed area of the pads regardless of the underlying cause i want you to consider this natural antibacterial and yeast anti-inflammatory soak so start with one cup of this guy nettle leaf or green tea one cup of vanilla tea coconut oil i've warmed it up on the stove we're adding in two tablespoons mmm yummy chocolate apple cider vinegar the apple cider vinegar is a great anti-fungal and antibacterial bring in two tablespoons of that tula then last but not least the lavender essential oil it is antibacterial antifungal as well as having antihistamine qualities to stop the itching that is 10 drops lavender essential oil 10 drops you can then soak your dogs in plain foot in this concoction do that two to three times a day ideally for about five minutes for seven to ten days [Music] what do you think two of us lastly these guys can get a type of cyst called called an interdigital cyst so what that means is they'll actually get a small lump or a cyst growing in between the digits so typically say right in between these two digits you'd see this lumper swelling almost looks like a little abscess a small cyst that's infected with bacteria so with an interdigital cyst there are bacteria that are growing in between the foot pads causing that cyst and it's filled with things such as staff most of the dogs are going to need some type of antibiotics if you wanted to consider a natural antibacterial what would i have you look at this guy olive leaf extract all the leaf comes from the leaf of the olive tree we've all had olives all those growing trees the trees have leaves they can extract important nutrients from that leaf itself and many holistic veterinarians consider it the most important natural antibacterial if you're going to try to treat your dog using this olive leaf or a dog that had interdigital assist you'd be looking at doses about one to two milligrams per pound per day these are 500 milligram capsules tula weighs 20 pounds you get about half a capsule a day i'd be more inclined to give her a full capsule a day don't have to break up open the capsules doing that for 10 to 14 days and i would expect after a week to a week and a half you should see a result i wanted to show you the capsules so we can see [Music] there's a capsule there it's a moderate size obviously it's this powder much easier to give if you're just going to keep it as a capsule formation instead of breaking it open and if your dog has an interdigital cyst i'd also suggest that you're soaking it twice daily as well either with an antiseptic flush like chlorhexidine it could be black tea or you could actually consider using the remedy we just assessed earlier for polar dermatitis we're using nettle or green tea you're using the coconut oil you're using apple cider vinegar as well as the lavender oil so for those of you who have dogs that are constantly licking their paws i hope you have a better understanding as why your dog is probably licking his paws all the time then more importantly what you can do about it thanks so much for watching this edition of veterinary secrets of why your dog is licking his or her paws and what you can do about it click up there to subscribe hit the bell to sign up for notifications and then when you click the link directly in the box below i can send you a copy of my free book

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Length: 6min 19sec (379 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 17 2021