u/Conscious_Chance3912

Hi! I have a 3 year old small bread mix (chihuahua, pomernian, yorkie, and many other terrier breads). Since she was a puppy her skin was pinkish. But from December I noticed she started having very red paws and ears, it seems to flare up when she's outside and doing physical activity (like running or playing). It also seems to flare up when her paws are wet. I live in England, the ground and grass is almost always wet during autumn/winter/spring.

I spoke with the vet, they first recommended to wash and dry her paws after every walk but that seemed to make it worse so I stopped.

I'm giving her salmon oil, probiotics and enzymes once a day. I also spray her paws with an antiseptic spray for itch & immunity (from Bugalugs) once or twice per day depending on how red are her paws.

I visited the vet again yesterday and he said that this is most likely an allergy and that we should do an allergy blood test, and if it comes out positive he will start giving her anti allergy shots each month. I'm considering it but it's going to be an expensive ordeal and I recently lost my job so I want to see if there's anything else I can do.

She also had a bacterial/yeast infection inside one of her ear last month and the vet gave her anti-itch pills for that. It helped with the ear infection but didn't make any difference for the paws. The vet said this infection was most likely because of allergies but it also could have been a random infection.

I basically wanted to ask if anyone had a similar experience with their dogs and if there's anything you can recommend?

NOTE: she doesn't lick her paws or scratch her ears excessively, she's acting as usual aka always up for playing, eating normally, etc. I don't think the redness bothers her, it just doesn't look right to me and makes me anxious.

Hi! I have a 3 year old small bread mix (chihuahua, pomernian, yorkie, and many other terrier breads). Since she was a puppy her skin was pinkish. But from December I noticed she started having very red paws and ears, it seems to flare up when she's outside and doing physical activity (like running or playing). It also seems to flare up when her paws are wet. I live in England, the ground and grass is almost always wet during autumn/winter/spring.

I spoke with the vet, they first recommended to wash and dry her paws after every walk but that seemed to make it worse so I stopped.

I'm giving her salmon oil, probiotics and enzymes once a day. I also spray her paws with an antiseptic spray for itch & immunity (from Bugalugs) once or twice per day depending on how red are her paws.

I visited the vet again yesterday and he said that this is most likely an allergy and that we should do an allergy blood test, and if it comes out positive he will start giving her anti allergy shots each month. I'm considering it but it's going to be an expensive ordeal and I recently lost my job so I want to see if there's anything else I can do.

She also had a bacterial/yeast infection inside one of her ear last month and the vet gave her anti-itch pills for that. It helped with the ear infection but didn't make any difference for the paws. The vet said this infection was most likely because of allergies but it also could have been a random infection.

I basically wanted to ask if anyone had a similar experience with their dogs and if there's anything you can recommend?

NOTE: she doesn't lick her paws or scratch her ears excessively, she's acting as usual aka always up for playing, eating normally, etc. I don't think the redness bothers her, it just doesn't look right to me and makes me anxious.