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I was not aware that dog's could get this. Her feet smell so bad all the time, even after a bath. You can smell them from 3 feet away. I keep her clean, healthy, etc. I took her to the vet, he did some slides... and she has a food infection.
I just wanted to pass the word because you may also not be aware that dogs can get this.
If you dog constantly chews on his/her feet, that's a sign.
I was not aware that dog's could get this. Her feet smell so bad all the time, even after a bath. You can smell them from 3 feet away. I keep her clean, healthy, etc. I took her to the vet, he did some slides... and she has a food infection.
I just wanted to pass the word because you may also not be aware that dogs can get this.
If you dog constantly chews on his/her feet, that's a sign.
She has a food infection or foot infection? What did the vet prescripe?
If she chews on her feet alot it is a sign there might be a foot infection, yeast or athlete's foot like.
The vet gave us Clotrimazole Spray. No pills. He wants to see her in two weeks and if the spray isn't working he'll try pills... avoiding the pills if we can.
She used to chew on her feet all the time, and in the couple days that we've been using the spray she completely stoped. I'm not sure if her feet stopped itching or she just doesn't like the way the spray tastes.
The good things is the drop in moisture from her not chewing will also help clear up the infection.
She hates it though. She weights only 30 pounds and it takes two of us to hold her down to spread her toes a little and spray them. She'll put up with anything but the spray.
The vet said it'll burn the first couple times cuz of the rawness inbetween her toes. I'm not sure if it still burns, or she's just associating it now.
I did notice that between her toes was horribly red and is already looking shades better.
I just had no idea that dogs could get this. I feel horrible for not taking her to the vet sooner!
I'm not a vet, however I agree with Shepsmom that it might be related to a food allergy. Did your vet give you any idea of who she came down with the infection?
Do you walk your dog outside? Are there any areas that might have fertilizer or weed killer, etc, applied.
I've heard some dogs can have a reaction to some of these types of chemcals.
A bad smell and starting out with redness between the toes is most likely yeast -- which is related to food allergies. You can treat the feet but you need to find the underlying cause.
Just like a human, you have to build up the body's natural defense to yeast and you need to change their diet to eliminate sugars and other culprits.
There is plenty of good information about wholistic treatment for this problem on the web. I would not want to give my dog a pill that will further comprimise his freindly flora -- instead, I would look into probiotics and diet.
World Citizen, Thanks! My vet didn't say anything about food. That was just a typo. Anyway, we feed her Purina Fit and Lean, no table scraps of any kind. We do walk her outside, but usually stay on the side walk.
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