Comments on: My Dog Has a Yeast Infection on His Paws: How Do I Treat It?

By: Ben Team

Ben Team — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:14:06 +0000

In reply to Gail. Hey there, Gail. We're glad you have enjoyed visiting the site, but we're sorry to hear about your pooch's troubles. It probably would be a good idea to visit another vet. We always recommend doing so if you aren't getting good results from the first one! In the meantime, you may very well want to try some dog booties. Check out that article -- there is a bunch of info that may help. :)

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:54:46 +0000

My little frenchton gets extremely irritated between his toes and under his feet up in the middle. My vet has never looked at his feet or did any test to be looked at under a microscope to diagnose it as allergies or yeast. She just says it’s environmental allergies that’s causing yeast and prescribed an allergy medication that I was already giving my other dog for environmental allergies but several months into using the allergies my other dog developed IMHA so I took them both off the allergy med immediately. I don’t know for sure the med was the cause but the dog with IMHA can no longer ever take an allergy med and I didn’t want to take chances with my frenchton. I now bathe them both twice a week with duoxo pyo 3 shampoo with chlorhexadine in it as per the dermatologist instructions making sure to keep it on their skin at least 10 minutes. It helps with my frenchton feet but I think what causes his issues is the dirt outside. When he plays it gets in between every crevice on his feet and if I don’t clean them daily they flare up. Sometimes I put him in the bathtub before bed and put chlorhexadine in water in a big bowl and soak his feet in it then dry them good with a microfibre cloth. Other nights I just wipe his feet and in between his toes with a wet cloth. I don’t know if it’s ok to use chlorhexadine everyday. I’ve been thinking about putting some type of boots on him when he goes outside but it’s been so hot recently I thought he would be too uncomfortable. Is there a type of sock or boot you would recommend. By the way only his back feet are affected never his front feet which I think is odd but maybe it’s because he scuffs the dirt with his back feet. In between his toes get red and dark. Do you think this sounds like yeast. The dermatologist is for my other dog that’s being treated for IMHA so hasn’t seen my frenchton. Maybe I should go to another vet with him as my vet hasn’t bothered to diagnose him. I don’t want to put him on allergy pills though. I’d also like to thank you for your very informative article. It is hard to find good information on this other than go to the vet which hasn’t helped me so far. It’s also really nice when people can leave comments at the bottom of an article such as this one. It’s good to know what has been helpful for other people.

By: Ben Team

Ben Team — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:05:12 +0000

In reply to Scott.

Hey, Scott.
It’d probably be a good idea to discuss this issue with your vet. It sounds like your pupper could be dealing with any number of issues, ranging from food allergies to yeast infections.
The first step in solving the problem is making sure you’ve properly identified it.
Best of luck!

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 30 May 2021 14:10:08 +0000

Our double doodle pup is one year old and she chews her one paw a lot. There’s a spot deep in the webbing that looks like little dark specks like coffee grounds. That’s all i can see. Ofcourse it’s swollen on the actual one toe where she must be chewing. She itches a lot too just everywhere. At first we thought it was chicken allergy but after changing her food the itching seem to have went away then came back. We found a 1 inch spot of eczema on her back near her tail. It just went away after a couple of weeks on its own.

By: Krimson

Krimson — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:00:50 +0000

My 5 year old German Shepherd has the the same problem with his paws. I am currently soaking his feet for 5 minutes each with warm weater with 3 teaspoons of epsom salt, 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. I let his paws air dried for 3 hours before applying an antibiotic ointment. It looks like it is working well. No foul odor on his paws and he no longer leaks his feet.