good idea i was going to suggest the same thing

hope he gets better,   made me sad to read that his brother died.    poor dog.

give him a pat for me ok ?

Use a tortilla wrap

Seriously sounds like allergies.

Two suggestions;

- treat him for yeast infection too (try smelling his feet see if they smell odd, any cracking of skin, or discoloration) So, vinegar bath to the feet or other "home remedies" for thrush.

- go to a farm store where you don't have to fuck around with a vet and get one of the "hot spot" / infection / fungus sprays. Any place that would have cow vitamins and crap like that. (Watch out for horse-chicks!) It'll be a squirt bottle or a gel bottle.  I use "Purishield" brand (photo of a horse on it) on my cat as a cleanser for chin acne and foot infections from crappy claws breaking all the time.  There is another brand that is good (i forgot which) that has "activated water" in it which comes in a white bottle or as a blue jel.  Basically these things are like a Datkin's solution.  About 30 dollars a bottle, but less expensive than a vet.

An older dog may not be able to fight off foot fungus anymore, and all it takes is walking through one thing once and he'll be colonized. Thrush would make his feet feel like they are burning all the time, and licking would make it much worse.

Edit: Coconut oil may also help. It has some anti fungal properties as well.

It takes 30 days to figure out a specific protein is what your dog is allergic to...by that method.


You need a VARL blood test. This will tell you if your dog is allergic to beef, pork, chicken, lamb, etc,, as well as any other allergens all different grasses, trees,  molds ,etc.

Your Vet will need to submit this.

I'm waiting on results right now for one of my dogs, it is expensive though for a lot of people ($500 is the cheapest around here, plus a couple hundred for the serum).

OP, it definitely sounds like environmental allergies, but the fungus suggestion is a good one to look in to.

one more thing to look at, our local news channel did a thing on a weed that has barbed seed pods that barrow under the skin of people or animals that walk on it and can cause serve reactions in some people\pets

And again I will mention plastic food dishes can cause an allergic reaction. I have actually seen this a number of times.

His water is in a Tupperware dish, but food is in ceramic bowl

Its a small chance but swap out that Tupperware. I had a dog that developed an allergy to them and have known of many others.