Winston's about 10 months and had a couple questions. First off, this little guy even though at times can really make a person mad, is the best thing ever. Nothing like coming home to a dog that's so excited to see you.
Lately he has been getting in touch with his primal side and tearing all the toys we have to pieces. He's guilty of holding one end and biting the other trying to tear it apart. Similar to how a wild dog would eat meat or a dead animal. This has happened with his favorite toy "Fred", a Kong alligator. We replaced that one and now he has a Kong wubba and proceeded to start it on this now. I don't know what to do other than take it away. Not a big deal but get annoying replacing toys. He's got so many other toys that he doesn't play (antlers, bones, ball inside of a ball, ropes etc) that these things get abused.
My questions are when we get him up in the morning before work he eats, goes outside to go to the bathroom and then when he comes back in, he grabs Fred and brings him on the couch and lays there doing what we call "suckling" on Fred. His mouth is around the toy but not biting it but rather making sucking noises. This has happened for awhile now but wondering if other dogs do this?
He also has some red spots between two sets of his toes. One on his front paw and one on his back. I tried taking a picture but couldn't get a real detailed one. He will sometimes chew it seems on his feet so I assume it's maybe an infection of sorts. He only has this between two toes in front and in back. His feet are colored white so it's easy to see, it's almost like there is no hair there when comparing to other toes as it's pinkish.
I've also noticed on his left eye the color surrounding the pupil is like a hazy white almost a yellow tinge to it. The right is normal looking white. This has been this way for months and don't know if it's normal or a precursor to something.
Lastly living in Minnesota it's been frigid for a few months now. Since we haven't walked him in the cold months we reduced his food down to 1 1/4 cups a feeding so he doesn't get overweight. He's fed Fromms pork and peas and is ten months almost. He weighed 44 lbs last time we were at the pet store. Seems a little light, should we be feeding him another 1/4 or so to get the weight up being he's still technically a pup?
We give him a capful of ACV with his water and between that and the Fromms have taken care of tear stains. Just want to fix the problem in his feet
Lately he has been getting in touch with his primal side and tearing all the toys we have to pieces. He's guilty of holding one end and biting the other trying to tear it apart. Similar to how a wild dog would eat meat or a dead animal. This has happened with his favorite toy "Fred", a Kong alligator. We replaced that one and now he has a Kong wubba and proceeded to start it on this now. I don't know what to do other than take it away. Not a big deal but get annoying replacing toys. He's got so many other toys that he doesn't play (antlers, bones, ball inside of a ball, ropes etc) that these things get abused.
My questions are when we get him up in the morning before work he eats, goes outside to go to the bathroom and then when he comes back in, he grabs Fred and brings him on the couch and lays there doing what we call "suckling" on Fred. His mouth is around the toy but not biting it but rather making sucking noises. This has happened for awhile now but wondering if other dogs do this?
He also has some red spots between two sets of his toes. One on his front paw and one on his back. I tried taking a picture but couldn't get a real detailed one. He will sometimes chew it seems on his feet so I assume it's maybe an infection of sorts. He only has this between two toes in front and in back. His feet are colored white so it's easy to see, it's almost like there is no hair there when comparing to other toes as it's pinkish.
I've also noticed on his left eye the color surrounding the pupil is like a hazy white almost a yellow tinge to it. The right is normal looking white. This has been this way for months and don't know if it's normal or a precursor to something.
Lastly living in Minnesota it's been frigid for a few months now. Since we haven't walked him in the cold months we reduced his food down to 1 1/4 cups a feeding so he doesn't get overweight. He's fed Fromms pork and peas and is ten months almost. He weighed 44 lbs last time we were at the pet store. Seems a little light, should we be feeding him another 1/4 or so to get the weight up being he's still technically a pup?
We give him a capful of ACV with his water and between that and the Fromms have taken care of tear stains. Just want to fix the problem in his feet
Suckling on toys is extremely normal, my bullies used to do it too. Some are destructive, and you need to watch him to make sure he doesn't swallow any pieces. He could have cysts between his toes, you can do an epsom salt soak for them to go away. Some members use other products as well, but you could start w/the soakā¦ Not sure about the eye yellowing, but I will tag some members to see what they advice. Good luck, and Thanks for sharing the pics!!! 
