Dog dragging butt, licking paws, red spots. Is it allergies? Home help?

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My dog has been dragging his butt on the ground and biting and licking his back paws and legs and there is some red spots and a few sores that look like they have scabed over on his belly by the creases of his back legs and he also started twitching his one back leg and rolling on the ground. Is there something that I can apply from home to help with this until I can take home to the vet and what do you think could be the problem? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Male | neutered | 9 years and 5 months old | 22 lbs

Megan, DVM, CVA · Accepted Answer

It sounds like Toby may be suffering from some allergies. Dogs can be allergic to grass, pollen, trees, fleas and more. Make sure you have him on a good flea prevention like nextgard, comfortis, or frontline plus. The best thing you can do while waiting to get to a vet would be to stop the chewing by putting on a cone collar and you can give him 25mg Benadryl (1 adult tablet) twice a day to help. Also, you can put neosporin and/or Benadryl spray on the scabs. But if he doesn't stop chewing/licking they will not get better. And he may need something stronger than Benadryl like a steroid which can be prescribed by your vet. Your vet may also prescribe some antibiotics if he isn't improving.

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