Kira's had this crusty irritation in the corner of her mouth for at least a month. Originally, I thought that maybe it was from catching her frisbee. I haven't played frisbee with her for at least a month.
My dog gets chapped lips like this sometimes. I blame her gross jolly balls. My vet calls it lip fold pyoderma. Penaten cream was recommended here and it works great. I'm pretty sure you can only get it online. Its thick and stays put, clears up very quickly.
Mine has it too. I just pick the crust off and put a tiny amount of Vaseline. It is almost healed now. Search the board, I read about it here and someone had recommended an ointment, but can't recall what. Also, google lip fold dermatitis.
Pup has chapped lips sometimes, but it doesn't look like this. I could be wrong, so I apologize, but Kira's looks like an off color? When Pup gets chapped lips it's clear, and just chapped. I don't do anything for it, other than ensuring she is hydrated and not otherwise uncomfortable
Weird, I just asked this to my friends on Facebook.
Since Gunner had the lip fold infection, his lips have stayed droopy.
Now one side is crusty as well. I figured the cold air is drying them out, making them chapped.
I ended up buying Aquaphor at the drug store. I've only applied it a few times so far, but they are much less dry and crusty.
You find it where they have Chapstick.
whole food sources for Vitamin B -- carob , alfalfa (the entire complex B) , barley grass , sunflower seeds , almonds, raspberry, bell peppers - red and green, garlic , burdock, nettles, spirulina -- all ingredients I use in the supplements - plus keep reminding a vegan son to make sure he has a good source of non-meat Vitamin B and B12 .
healing comes from within...these are signs of nutritional deficiencies - these deficiencies leave the body exposed to pathogens...
60-80% of immune function comes from the gut and what you put in it, that includes the bad - like synthetic nutrients added to kibble to balance out what was lost during heat processing.
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