[Uezato]

Hi my 4 year old female maltese has been licking her foot - it is red and inflamed by the toe area and between. What could be the cause?

[bushg]

Google up food allergies, Acral lick dermatitis and allergic irritant contact dermatitis.
If her foot looked pretty bad I would take her to the vet, so often chewing can lead to painful infections of the skin.

My dog went through this one year and I sprayed some hydrocortisone spray between her toes... I think it was something in the grass where we had walked.

[Uezato]

Great will do, thanks for the ideas

[spinphoto]

If it isn't an infection, some dogs can become fixated, whether its on a cat, their ball or chewing their paws, strange condition, but if the dog isn't balanced, it could develop a fixation..

[Faiths Mommy]

It could even be a food allergy. Try switching to a holistic dog food like Nutro Ultra. I feed that to my Maltese.

[Sariss]

Please check the dates of these threads. This one is almost two years old, and the last was even older.