Inflammation of the Paws in Dogs

My 8 year old shihtzu has been having a lot of issues with her back right paw. While on vacation, I received a phone call from my sister who was dog watching, saying Khloe was limping and her back paw was really swollen. We come home 2 days later and find Khloe's paw severely inflamed and take her to our local/home vet. Blood work was done, a needle was inserted into the swollen area for possible drainage (nothing to drain), and given antibiotics along with a anti inflammatory shot and sent home. 3 days later, I take her back to the vet as the paw was more swollen, only to have the vet send her back home with more meds and left me with a comment of, worse case scenario is amputation, but no explanation of what it was or why it was happening. 2 days after that I took Khloe to an animal hospital/clinic, they started her with a weekly laser therapy treatment and sent her home on steroids. The steroids seemed to work and the swelling went down, only to come back a few days later. We take her back and she is sent home with more steroids and antibiotics. A week goes by and she now has a large knot/mass growing and she is in pain, she woke us one night crying and I rushed her back the next day. The next thing was surgery to remove the mass, that was done about 3 weeks ago. The healing from the surgery is fine, she was sent hom with more steroids and the swelling of the paw is back. Her toes/claws are the size are the size of my big toe. They will be sending out the mass for biopsy to determine exactly or try to determine what it is, as they were not able to find any traces of much other than the mast cells in the tumor and blood work showed it was a possible insect bite, but there is no explanation as to what is going on with her now, nor have we ever really received any explanation, as they doctors are just as perplexed by it all. They stated that every option has been put to practice and they are not sure why her paw is not healing and the swelling returns. So, I'm about $1,200 in and once we send for biopsy it will be $1,500 and still no answers and my girl is in pain, her stomach is so big from i'm assuming the steroids. She isnt having any problems eating or drinking and she appears healthy and still active with us and our other dogs. I wish I had her paperwork on me to be more specific with the treatment and medications, but I'm at a loss and hurts me to see her like this.

Hello, my 9 year-old dog has swollen paws since yesterday. Her eyes are a bit red and she does not want to eat. It is hard for her to walk. We don't know what to do since our budget is a bit tight. It would be really nice if you can reply immediately.

My Hungarian visla has a spot on top of his back foot, particularly on one toe, where all his fur is gone and he chews on and licks all the time. It won't go away and Ican't afford the vet right now, what should I do? Its not bleeding, but does look a little raw, like the skin was scraped off.

Inflammation at side of pads. Front off side. Licking. No significant swelling but red and dry. Topical moisturiser applied no active ingredient. Administered anti inflammatory orally. Monitoring.

Our Maltese Ollie has licked his foot for a while now. I haven’t thought much of it until recently. It has gotten more and more swollen and he has started carrying the leg like he doesn’t want to put weight on it. We were told it could be allergies so we have tried several different poultry and grain free foods. They don’t seem to be working.

swollen rear feet and redness. Had boots on are great Dane (180 lbs) so as to help him walk on are wood floors. Noticed smell and took boots off and his feet smelled and they were red and swollen. We cleaned his feet and used some Neosporin. Swelling has gone down a little and he appears to be getting better. Should we not use these boots.

I’m a bit worried due to her not showing any sign of hurting or limping. She runs and barks like always. Eats food like always “specially if it’s not hers”. I do see the right swollen. The first 24 hrs was moderate. Having it swollen for more than 48 hrs... it looks bigger. Much more redness. She does not stop chewing on it. I put antibiotic and closed it a bit so she does not eat the antibiotic. There’s no cause known yet.

I hit my pup’s toe with the door and now her toe is a little swollen, she is still running and walking but limping a little, can it be broken or is it just normal for it to be swollen.

My big dog is 13 years old and recently had a urinary tract inflection and the medication she was on hasn’t really helped. Now her two front paws are extremely swollen and she limps pretty bad. She’s eating still but has lost much weight. I am very stressed out as I do not have the funds to do whatever it takes to cure her and because she is older- I don’t want to use funds and then not have funds to put her down if needed. And I cannot bare watching her suffer until she dies. Please advise

Hello, my dog Mattie is experiencing some paw pad swelling, mostly on the front left paw pad, but my girlfriend says the other 3 are somewhat puffy as well. She has a torn ACL on her rear right leg, and on her front right leg, she has a sore that the vet described as a possible granuloma that she won't stop licking long enuf to heal, which on the front of the first joint of her leg. Could the swelling be from the limping from both right side legs being damaged?

We have a 6 month old pit healer. He has been limping for a couple of days and today we noticed his pinky paw has some swelling, visible on the top. He is sensitive to the touch. He hasn't been anywhere other then the backyard. What can I do at home to help treat his paw?

My dog's paws have been red and inflamed for about three weeks now. She was on Apo-Cephalex and Viaderm cream with epsom salt soaks. Her two front paws seem mostly better, but still with some cracks and bleeding, and the two back ones are still quite bad. Now she is on Apo Doxy (first day today) and the viaderm. What else can I do? Any insight?

My dog has two of his toes on his left paw really swollen and inflamed. They are red and hot to the touch. We check underneath his paws to see f there was anything lodged in there but found nothing. It is mostly the top of his paw that is swollen and a little underneath. It seems as though he is in pain and he is now limping and not putting any weight on his left paw. What at home treatments could we try to lessen his pain and or get the swelling down? Any ideas of what it could be?

I have a 7 year old Pomeranian chihuahua mix who has been licking one of her paws recently, specifically one area on her paw. She licks it on and off throughout the day. It has now gotten swollen and pink. What are some possible reasons/causes to this? We haven't changed her diet.

I have a eight year whippet his back paws are swollen and seem cooler to the touch. He doesn't seem in pain. Has an appetite. The vet is not open until tomorrow. Any advice

She has a swollen paw and keeps licking it. She licks it so much it bleeds and is chewing the pad of her paw. She can walk/run fine but wont let me touch her paw and cries when I do.i looked at it and it is swollen.

My 18 month vizsla and I go on 4 mile routine trail runs every day. She's off leash and sprints ahead and sometimes off trail. 2 days ago at the tail end of our walk, she seemed to be limping a little bit on her front right - but it was hard to tell. When we got home she seemed to be favoring it, licking the inside of her pastern a bit. I looked at her paw, ankle / pastern and couldn't find any swelling or foreign objects. The next morning throughout the day she seemed fine. I decided to take her again on our walk yesterday. About halfway through she started limping again but she wasn't wimpering, just favoring her front right paw. By the time we got home, however she was hobbling. This morning (now about 24 hours after I first noticed the limp) I can see visible swelling on the inside of her front right pastern between the ankle bone (not on the bone) and the toes. I can also see some swelling on top of the foot predominantly over her second toe (second from the inside). I've given her baby aspirin and am keeping her off her feet as much as possible. Any ideas what might have happened / is this serious enough to take her to the vet?

My dog has swollen paws on his back legs. He has one paw "toe" on one leg and two "toes" on the other that are swollen. I didn't see anything lodged in his paws but still swollen. What should I do?

My dog is 12 years old but she has never gotten a swollen paw until today. I believe it may be a bug bite of some sort, but it could be something else, i am not entirely sure. It is the only paw of the 4 that are swollen, note the swolleness goes up to the whole leg where the paw is swollen. She does regularly lick her paws.

My dog Wee's front right paw and now "wrist" joint are swollen 2x the size of other paw. In between the pads are really pink and swollen. She saw the vet 3 weeks ago and they couldn't find anything wrong. They gave her prednisone and it did reduce the symptoms dramatically. Now that she's finished the meds, it's back. She comes up lame, and is visibly uncomfortable. She lets me touch it, but doesn't put full weight on it. I've soaked it in epsoms salts, applied micronozole thinking it may be yeast, which did help a bit, but not curative and I keep it clean and dry. My vet didn't think antibiotics were necessary, but it is red, swollen and warm. Do you have any ideas of what it could be? I just want her to feel better. Thanks! Wendy S, NJ

My little dog Paiz Lei is a Scotty terrier/Bischon mix. She has been dealing with swelling in both of her front paws for a year. The whole paw is swelled not just the pads. She licks both paws consistently. Our vet originally thought it was allergies but between the switch in the food and the allergy medicine her swelling did not go away and she developed a crusty green like substance around the bottom of her jaw around the mouth. My vet did a swab test on her paws and said it's bacteria. We have her on an antibiotic for the past 2 weeks and it doesn't appear to be getting much better. Any advice would be appreciated! Please help!

My pitbull/pointer mix ha a swollen lower foot that is warm to the touch and slightly red. He’s licked that foot lightly and favors it when walking. It started at least 2 weeks ago. It is roundish and it’s his lower left hind leg. What should I do? What could it be?

This began as pink back paws, they became red,swollen and now raw. Now the front are pink and red. His eyelids are also pink and puffy. Vet suspects food allergy,gave steroid shot and this was helpful for a few days.he has completed 2 courses of antibiotics,and I am giving benedryl and Claritin. Redness is reduced with this. He is miserable currently, is there anything else I can do?

my 12 year old border collie just had breast cancer surgery. They couldn't get all of the cancer but she does feel better however all 4 of her feet and legs are swollen. The vet put her on steroids and I saw a difference the next day. The steroids aren't helping her any more. She drinks a lot of water and has no interest outside except to go potty and come right back inside. Could this be from the cancer or arthritis? I would appreciate any answer that you can give me. She has also lost her hearing.

Hi my cavalier has a swollen front foot pad, vet treated a few weeks ago with another inflammatories and antibiotics and didn't know what the cause could be but it's happened again, could you recommend anything as I am just washing with water at the moment when she's been out for a walk. Thankyou

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Me and my dog have been on my farm lately its been -3ºC whit a maximmum of 9ºC the snakes, insects are low due to fires and temperatures. he does pull the lead like hell. we've go also to the river and he runned like crazy was whit his paws digging rocks well being him. could this be the cause for his left front paw being swollen? its only on the 2 and 3 digit and it seems when i touch it in the middle of the toes. he still go crazy when going to take a walk but im a bit worried

Every year september/October time he gets fire red feet, and swollen and looses the hair on his feet. He will lick the front ones occasionally. In about a month to six weeks time it will start to clear up. Didn't happen at all last year. But seems to only happen in the fall. Did take him to vet and they took a culture but nothing showed up. What can I put on them to help him?

My dog Oscar is a Husky mix. He is 11 years old. This past Dec he was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and diabetes. In previous years he had swelling allergy issues with his feet in Spring and Summer. Now he is having all four feet swelling. The Vet had tried 20 Days of Clovomax then they tried 20 Days of Apoqil. Sometimes it seemed to help for a few days then stopped. We have tried three different foods, one which was prescription all werewere grain free. Now Vet has me cooking his food, I noticed before all the dog foods had chicken so I make his food with Beef and Veggies. Please help, I don't know what else to do.

My dog was perfectly fine when we all went to sleep last night. This morning I realized (6AM) he wasn't asking to go out yet, so I got up and when he came out, he was barely walking, (I thought maybe his leg fell asleep) no weight on his left side back leg. Although he did go out very reluctantly, he limped and was super slow the entire way. Let him rest for a bit and checked his foot the large pad is puffed up. Nothing found in between, no cuts, abrasions and he has not been on hot ground. Now after 2 hours, isn't putting any weight on. Have tried massaging also.

Our 4 year old GWP suddenly started limping on sunday. She was reluctant to put weight on her front right paw, we checked and checked and couldnt see anything in the paw or nails, it seemed she wanted to mainly put her paw on the front toes rather than the main pad. She seemed to be licking the paw alot and also was a bit tired and shivery. All else she seemed fine. We waited 24 hours and she was then fine in herself and we saw an improvement on the weight she was putting on her foot but still limping. Over tues and today it seems to have got better but still limping, after rest seems better but then if runs or plays she then starts holding it and limping more again. She is absolutely fine in herself and the only thing possibly we can see is that maybe her main pad of her right law is slightly firmer than the other but thats it. At first we thought maybe it was a bee sting, but would it atill be bothering her now after near 3/4 days. She is fine in herself and eating and drinking etc. any ideas? We are thinking if taking her to the vet but dont want to waste their time and pay fees when it could clear up. Thanks

My dog is a Labrador Retriever and he returned from his bath. Usually all seems great, but this time I noticed his paws are swollen especially his pads. I asked the groomer and they used the same shampoo on him nothing different except she used a grinder to cut his toe nails instead of a nail clipper. Usually I cut his nails but was unable to do it this time. I noticed his pads seem larger then normal, they do not hurt him and he seems to walk and play normal. I try to rub them and look at them and he is fine with that also. Nothing seems to bother him, but still they are swollen and I am concerned. Could it be treats I got him for Christmas, allergies, or is he allergic to something from grooming. I gave him an dog aspirin. Should I give him pills the doctor gave me for allergies(Benadryl). Please let me know what you think. He seems ok and doesn't mind me touching his paws. Seems like it started when I got him home from grooming. He is 10 years old and in good health. Thanks