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craft1948 | 11:05 Fri 16th Oct 2009 | Pets
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My 3 year old Westie is constantly washing his paws........the sound is disgusting.
Because of this his feet and around his mouth are coloured browny/peach and the dog groomer told me this was due to his saliva content and suggested I changed his food.
He has now been on his new food for 6 months but with no improvement whatsoever........any ideas as to why the constant foot washing?
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it could just be habit.
Have you taken him to vets? He is walking ok and not occasionally limping?
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hi alba.......no he's perfectly healthy. I adopted him a year ago and he's always done this........I assume he always has as his paws and mouth were brown when I got him.
must be a habit, each has their own little idiocyncracies which is why we love 'em
or how ever it's spelt :D
When my pooch licks you know where, the sound is gross! not ladylike at all lol
My 3 yr old terrier does it t, and `chews` his back paws for hours, and I agree the sound is annoying
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alba Casper is what my mum would have called a 'slobber gob'.............it even wakes me up during the night...
when you tell them to shurrup, it's the look with those brown eyes and the twitch of the tail, would melt a heart of stone. :)
glad he's healthy (well of course he is but hope you know what I mean)
Hi craft !
Sorry to butt-in on your Thread, but was wondering if he has developed some sort of allergy (Skin).Maybe next time you visit the Vet you could specifically ask him/her to look at his feet.
Do Dogs get such things as Dermatitis ? I'm no expert, just a thought.
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Casper is so butch if you tell him off he just gives you a look and totally bloody ignores you......he is quite hilarious actually
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redman Westies are prone to skin rashes and he does have one on his lower back but doesn't scratch very often.........you can't really tell on his feet. As he's due for a hair cut next Monday I'll ask the dog groomer if she can see anything, if not I guess it will be the vet.........£££ signs flashing again.....
please let us know craft :D
would he like one of lucy's rawhide bones ?
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alba............he'd probably like Lucy.....
she's a lurcher cross (don't know why she is cross but there you go)
she's so dim, she'd let him !!
I just love my little bow wow.....
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alba............he still thinks he can.....but he can't

http://s576.photobucket.com/albums/ss206/craft1948/?action=view&current=Casper.jpg
He's absolutely adorable.... awww....
I just got a look from shhh (she knows) when I said awwwww
he is a cutie :D
Yes he is NoMercy !
I think he's watching craft pull the Axxo out of the bottom drawer ........ :->
lol red dogs chase rabbits tho don't they
lol alba ! Yes there's a Rabbit under the Bed ! lol
My dog is red and he'll chase just about anything. You should seem him run... !! lol

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