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What can I put on my dog's dry, cracked, and rough nose to help?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 4 months old | 15 lbs

My friend has a dog his name is Floppy. He has a rough nose it is dry and cracked. Is there anything that can be put on his nose so it wont be so dry and rough

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on September 26th, 2017

Anything you will put on a dog's nose he will lick right away, so it is usually pointless. cracked and dry nose appears mainly in dogs that tend to dig in the ground, the only solution is to prevent them from doing that.

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