Just a suggestion, do you think your dog is allergic to something you are giving him, which is causing the paw chewing.
Talk to your vet to see, at this point it wouldn’t hurt.
and there’s nothing there that he’s licking? if not, it’s often boredom. give him a kong with peanut butter or play fetch for a good 15-30 minutes
This can have many causes. Please consult with your vet.
Don’t go to the vet over this issue. You’ll get looted. Trust me. Use AI, it’ll check every resource on the planet and you can trust the information is not coming from some hungover biased commie down the street.
Labs are known to be allergic to anything with feathers and often beef. I switched over to fish and my Lab improved 100%. I mix 1 cup of Fromm dry kibble with 1 cup of a salmon, rice, carrot, green bean mix. The original breed ate a lot of fish. They were used by fisherman.
Perhaps he has a thorn in his paw. Have you taken him to the vet?
That behavior no matter the cause releases endorphins. So at some point it no longer is about what first triggered the chewing but about the endorphins being released. This happens even if the chewing is making things worse.
Finding something else for the dog to chew is probably the simplest solution. Which means making it so the dog can’t worry at its paw. Look for a medical boot designed to keep the dog from licking or chewing his paw. Then find a variety of chew toys for the dog.
Also, do pinpoint squeezing around paw area and see if he reacts to pain from a burr or tiny sliver..
Many dogs do this, just as birds will pull their chest feathers out. Neurotic behavior, OCD, whatever..
Good luck.
2 of our 4 boxers are allergic to chicken, removed chicken from their diet and they no longer chew their paws.
Nonetheless, you still need to find the root of the problem. Good luck!
It might be an allergy or irritant from something they are walking in like grass or fertilizer or carpet or carpet cleaner.
Oily fish/ fish oil caps.
Take her duck hunting?
Or just something in the paw.
Try raw ground meat as a principal source of protein.
Also, bovine colostrum as a supplement. It helps build up immune system.
Our dog licks its front paws obsessively. I think it’s self comfort. She’s been doing it all her life.
I went through this with my dog. It is a food allergy. Switch brands immediately and make sure the ingredients are not the same.
I had a lab.
He knows it bothers you and he’s just trying to bust your chops.
If not, then your dog should bite you in your ass........
It could be a nerve/spinal issue. My pug would bite at her back paws before a tumor was discovered on her shoulder blade, which then went into the spine and she lost control of her back legs. The test the vet did was to have her stand on all fours, and then would turn her back foot underneath her, so she was putting weight on the top of the foot. If she didn’t immediately flip the foot over and put the paw flat on the table to correct it, it indicated nerve damage. She didn’t…she paused about a full second before turning her foot over. I lost her to cancer about six weeks later, when she lost control of both back legs. Heartbreaking. I hope this is not the case for your pup.