Chewing, scratching quite often.

Dont bath ur lab, dont feed him garbage food (anything with corn meal in
it), labs have a lot of skin problems anyways and allergies to things, dont
provoke it by bathing or trash food, cheeper isnt always better.


"Ossi" <oswaldo.condega.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> We dont know what to do, our labrador (4 1/2 y.o) has been chewing his
> toe, legs quite often over the last month. He has been doing it so oftten
> that one of his legs is red, and the other has a red point on it. He has
> also been scratching too much. What can it be? I mean, the reasons.
> Could it be allergies, anxiety? Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> Os
>
 >> Stay informed about: Chewing, scratching quite often. 

Ossi wrote:
> We dont know what to do, our labrador (4 1/2 y.o) has been chewing his toe,
> legs quite often over the last month. He has been doing it so oftten that
> one of his legs is red, and the other has a red point on it. He has also
> been scratching too much. What can it be? I mean, the reasons. Could it
> be allergies, anxiety? Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> Os
>
>
Our lab is allergic to house dust mite She takes anti histamine tablets
each day, and (unfortunately) steroids. We have got the steroids down
to half a tablet every other day, with an occasional three day break.
Whilst it is more or less under control now, she does still have bad
periods where she is itching scratching and chewing, but these are a bit
further between now. We have been told by our vet that half a steroid
tablet every other day is not going to affect her as I was worried about
it decreasing her life span.

It seems labs are particularly prone to allergies. She also gets a
similar thing to hayfever at a certain time of year.

Have you had a skin test done, or seen the vet about this yet?
 >> Stay informed about: Chewing, scratching quite often. 

Thanks for all the information. Our dog seems better, he is on antibiotics
and has been given an Elizabethian collard to avoid liccking his toes.
Thanks again, Oss

"Ossi" <oswaldo.condega DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> We dont know what to do, our labrador (4 1/2 y.o) has been chewing his
> toe, legs quite often over the last month. He has been doing it so oftten
> that one of his legs is red, and the other has a red point on it. He has
> also been scratching too much. What can it be? I mean, the reasons.
> Could it be allergies, anxiety? Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> Os
>
 >> Stay informed about: Chewing, scratching quite often. 

Thanks for all the information. Our dog seems better, he is on antibiotics
and has been given an Elizabethian collard to avoid liccking his toes.
Thanks again, Oss

"Ossi" <oswaldo.condega.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:D-CdnYp8N9cyl6TZnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@rcn.net...
> We dont know what to do, our labrador (4 1/2 y.o) has been chewing his
> toe, legs quite often over the last month. He has been doing it so oftten
> that one of his legs is red, and the other has a red point on it. He has
> also been scratching too much. What can it be? I mean, the reasons.
> Could it be allergies, anxiety? Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> Os
>
 >> Stay informed about: Chewing, scratching quite often. 

Thanks for all the information. Our dog seems better, he is on antibiotics
and has been given an Elizabethian collard to avoid liccking his toes.
Thanks again, Oss

"Ossi" <oswaldo.condega.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:D-CdnYp8N9cyl6TZnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@rcn.net...
> We dont know what to do, our labrador (4 1/2 y.o) has been chewing his
> toe, legs quite often over the last month. He has been doing it so oftten
> that one of his legs is red, and the other has a red point on it. He has
> also been scratching too much. What can it be? I mean, the reasons.
> Could it be allergies, anxiety? Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> Os
>
 >> Stay informed about: Chewing, scratching quite often.