Dry chapped dog nose

There may be more to the dry chapped dog nose that your pet is sporting than simple drooling might cause. The dog could have an allergy to items in the home, and in the yard. If a new food has been introduced recently into the dog’s food plan it may cause a dry, chapped dog nose.

If there has been a recent application of pesticides in the yard, the dog may have come into contact with them. While the pesticide may not have been ingested, the simple exposure to the chemicals on the facial areas can cause severe irritation and the animal may try to remove the irritant through continual licking.

There are natural remedies that can be used to treat a dry chapped dog nose, that are available through many health stores, or in the over-the-counter pharmacy areas where vitamins and minerals are sold.

One of the many treatments is probably growing on your back porch in a beautiful pot. The aloe plant has many healing qualities, and when applied to a dry, chapped dog nose, they will leave a two part healing process behind. The aloe gel will provide moisture directly to the affected area of the face, and will provide a resilient protective covering over the dry, trapped dog nose too.

This natural plant will not cause any ill effects in the dog either. If the gel is licked off the face by the dog, it will be easy to reapply it as needed. The other natural source that you can use is a caplet filled with liquid vitamin E. This healing mineral will promote rapid healing to the dry, chapped dog nose and is very economical to use.

There may be a health problem exhibiting itself through the cracked skin in the facial area. Animals are susceptible to autoimmune infections in the body that may require the treatment of a veterinarian to diagnose properly and prescribe the correct medication to clear the infection from the body. These problems can escalate very quickly and cause the animal a significant amount of pain in many organs while they wait for the treatment to work.

The problem of a dry, chapped dog nose is also evidence that the animal is in need of water. The weather may also affect the facial area of the animal, especially if the dog is exposed to cold weather in windy conditions. An application of a moisturizing agent such as the aloe plant, and adequate shelter from those irritating winds should clear the dryness up in no time at all.