Buckshot wrote:
Perhaps food allergy.......Paw licking is very common with food allergies.
would be my first guess as well...
we handle A LOT of hounds through our rescue and have seen an increase in sensitivity to corn and other cheap grains become a lot more common in the last 10 years.
Our Bluetick, Ranger, is an example...we have to watch the grain content of his food. NO corn and low amounts of other grains or he gets not only itchy all over, but ear infections and goop from his eyes.