The dogs a king charles he's 18 month old and chews his paws all the time the vet now thinks it's a food allergie they said to feed him turkey cornflakes which he ate yesterday but today has been sick all morning has any ones dog have anything like this and if so what did they do to help the dog
Thanks

It sounds like a stressful occupation. My Taffy licks her paws when stressed (although I don't know why she would be) other then someone yelling, not at her, just yelling.

Ramside, does your pup have enough activity, is he played with, walked, talked to, most of all, is he left alone all day ? Just trying to find some answers to your question.

Kind of far out for your vet to say food allergies, sounds like he is grasping at straws, and I guess the turkey cornflakes upset your pups stomach.

Just feed usmore information here, ramside, and the ideas will come floatingh in.

Tick

I have a german shepard that chews on his paws all the time.. I haven't really worried about it too much.. he doesn't seem to be in pain ever.. I just tell him to cut it out when I catch him doing it and he stops

Yes, sky,good answer. Its like ourselves biting nails actually.

Tick

One of my huskies has had that problem since she was a puppy and after numerous vet visits and tests it was deemed the problem was simple, boredom. If she didn't have anything else to do (It's hard keeping a toy alive for long in this house. If its not squeaky they don't want it. Hard plastic toys and balls and the such hold no interest. The plastic ones worry me because of the little plastic chunks they tear off, and with the normal, soft toy... give them a day. That sucker will be decapitated, gutted, and that squeaker removed.) she would start to chew. Even if she had a dozen walks each a mile long, "plop. Chew* Default activity. Eventually I managed to train it out of her, for the most part.

MY dog of long ago occaisionally did that. I truly believ he was scratching an itch.

If you have the time you have to observe the problem from start to maybe finish. Yes, I agree with silver, it is boredom. Dogs are such social animals attuned to us interacting with them so these, I will say indiosycracies, mimic us in a way, like nail biting, as I mentioned.

My taffy licks paws a lot, but I don't worry about it because it is just her reacting to a stressful situation in the house at the time. I have said that before. Her and I walk a lot every day, she has a big backyard and the squirrels and cat Pickle keep her busy,so she has a lot of interaction.

Tick

Paw licking can be a sign of several different allergies in dogs. Has your vet tried any other treatments? THings that make us sneeze make dogs itch. He could be allergic to some sort of inhalant (pollen, dust, air fresheners etc.) Also try to identify anything he may be walking on that may aggravate the licking--is it worse after he has been on grass, the room with the new carpet, the freshly cleaned and deodorized rug--you get the idea)
If you can't identify the source of the allergy, and he does not respond to conservative treatment such as prescribed antihistamines or low doses of steroids, he may well have a food allergy.
I have no idea what turkey cornflakes are! However, turkey and corn are both common ingredients in commercial dog foods. To do a proper elimination diet he needs to go on a good prescription dog food with a protein source and a carbohydrate source that is new to his system. It may take up to 12 weeks to tell that the new diet is working, and he can't have ANY different foods during this time. If the itching goes away, or gets better, then you can start to narrow down what is causing it.
As mentioned above, there are other reasons that dogs chew on their feet, but Cavaliers are allergy-prone, so medical conditions need to be ruled out.

One of our dogs got bitten on the paw by a wasp a few years back and she still chews the same spot even though the injury is long gone. She chewed at it when it first happened then it just became a habit to her.

Over many years, many animals, I have had a few paw lickers, paw chewers. I have never found that it effected them in an adverse way, eating, drinking, sleeping. I have equated it to a nervous habit. Dogs can have those kind of habits too. As I mentioned above, like nail biting in humans.

It only becomes a problem when the human tries to stop the habit. Like another poster said, just tell the dog to stop and most do (but will go back to it on the sly like a bad kid).

It only becomes a problem when the human tries to stop the habit. Like another poster said, just tell the dog to stop and most do (but will go back to it on the sly like a bad kid).

Tell me about it! One time I saw her chewing on her paw so I said "Uh Uh!' and she stopped, but the next time I turn around I saw her laying there chewing on another foot... except it belonged to my other dog! The tricky little devil.

LOL, Hi Silver (sounds like HI HO SILVER !) yes, just like kids !

Tick

We have a golden retriver here and she chews and licks her paws constantly. After I swear a million trips to the vet it was determined she was allergic to spring grass, wheat, and a lot of the by-product chemicals in grocery store dog foods.