Autoimmune disorders affecting dog paw pads

[Ginger Bear]

I posted a few weeks back about my bichon frise who had developed open cuts on her back paw pads, and one on the front, they looked liked grazes as if she'd skidded on concrete while running. I cleaned them up and out an Elizabethan collar on her and kept an eye for a week..the front pad healed but the back ones were struggling so took her to vet. Vet thought they looked like chemical burns or ice burns from the snow & chemicals in grit, prescribed her 7 days antibiotics & anti-inflammatories & bathing in salt water...still no better so took her to my equine vet last monday as they have a new small pet clinic, again vet thought they looked like burns but was quite puzzled as her pads were just flaking off. She prescribed prednisone, 2 for 5 days, then 1 for 5 days, then 1 tablet every other day until she finishes the bottle along with an antibacterial wash twice per day. Rang the vet yesterday as 2 tablets were starting to make her sick so we went dwn to 1 tablet already, feet are lookin much better & appear to be healing up & softening up, (skin around the edges if he pads was dry & cracking.) while on the phone to the vet she mentioned that she had done some research on the condition and had found that it can be an auto immune response like her body is attacking itself. Have been looking it up on the Internet & found lots of different info but the only symptom my dog has is her paws, there seems to be lots if different symptoms she could have.. She's herself & playful, has been the whole time. Does anyone have by info on this.. .. .? Apologies for the long post.

 

[millsandboon]

Yes I had a collie x that suffered from this. There were 2 likely diagnosis: 1 that her immune system was attacking the pads or 2 that the liver was not processing the protein in her diet sufficiently to grow healthy skin. She improved slightly with a change of diet - daily washing and removing of dead tissue from her feet but she never really wanted to walk anywhere anymore and was eventually pts. This was about 10 years ago - hope treatment has moved on a bit now. Good luck with your dog x

 

[Luci07]

It's not an allergy is it? Just to throw something else into the fray? There is a dog I know and they have come to the conclusion she is allergic to something in carpets, get sore and peeling paws. My own oldest bitch is allergic to......long grass. Gets flaky skin and red sores all over her tummy and paws.

 

[Ginger Bear]

It's not an allergy is it? Just to throw something else into the fray? There is a dog I know and they have come to the conclusion she is allergic to something in carpets, get sore and peeling paws. My own oldest bitch is allergic to......long grass. Gets flaky skin and red sores all over her tummy and paws.

Well this is the other thing.. If it is an allergy, nothing has changed, I use antibacterial floor wipes on my wooden floors but ave always used them. I only has a rug in my lounge & carpet up the stairs. The time it happened was when wed had the snow & the only thing I can think of around that time was that she was up at the yard & we had grit down.. Iv had her since she was 3, she is now 7. I use a house flee spray which is new but I bought that from the vet?? She shows no other symptoms, is playful, happy, cuddly..no different to normal..