thanks people for the responses!
no supplements... he has been on the same dry food (beneful) for 2 years now... i sometimes give him wet dogfood mixed in it (about 2-3 times a week only)
(i have noticed that recently when he eats even just dry food he comes to wipe his beard off...
i know schnauzers have dry skin... but my baby is about 4 yrs old (male) and i can see small brownish flakes on his coat of hair sometimes... i have also seen very dry, patches with sore like formations which are crusty
(i think it got worse as it got cold outside)
what do u think it is?
thanks guys... i just cleaned it alittle with some dead sea salt (very lightly).. he seems very sensitive to it.. it kinda appears like there is a bunch of hair poking from the middle of his paws!! and when i touched that stalk of hair he kept moving, so hey, it could be some wierd hair thing...
my sweetheart schnauzer (3 years old) started licking his paw like crazy today and when i tried to look for cuts or anything, i only noticed a pinkish sore looking fleshy part on the bottom of his paw (probably from all the licking and biting he's been doing)... now he's walking on 3 legs and...