Paw chewing

[The Heron]

As above my 17 month old cocker has started to chew her paws any idea's why. Thanks 

[JTaylor91]

Ours will chew at her paws if the fur between her toes becomes matted.

[London Best]

Hopefully she has not picked up any grass seeds! Can turn nasty if they work their way in between the toes.

[Lloyd90]

Check for any holes for grass seeds, absolute nightmare if they get into the foot. 

[B725]

Spaniels need the fur between their toes kept short all the time and like Lloyd says check for grass seeds as the barbed ones can migrate right up the leg. 

[Walker570]

As above had a grass seed problem once with a dog but also it may be a small 'mite' which gets under the skin and causes irritation. I had this on my labrador and he licked his front paws raw before we found out why.  The vet gave us some stuff to mix in warm water and stood him in it for twenty minutes at a time and this killed off the 'bugs'. 

[ninjaferret]

Is the dog kept inside ? I had one once and it was to do with air fresheners , some sort of allergy.

[Dave at kelton]

Agree with Lloyd and B725 on the first point to check. You can usually feel, the grass seeds between toes in the webbing if they haven’t migrated. Grass seeds were my biggest nightmare this time of year when I worked spaniels, both feet and ears.

[williamwansbeck]

Some dogs can be sensitive to nettles and contact may cause them to chew feet for a couple of days,stand dog in fairly het wata ( nought near hot).

 

[Lloyd90]

1 hour ago, williamwansbeck said:

Some dogs can be sensitive to nettles and contact may cause them to chew feet for a couple of days,stand dog in fairly het wata ( nought near hot).

 

Hibiscrub supposed to be good for that. 
 

I give my dog an anti histamine of he’s run through a load of nettles etc 👍🏻