Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Hot Spot & Itch Relief Medicated Spray, 8-fl oz spray

My daschund mix starts her paw chewing in early September as her seasonal itchy allergies startup. She will chew her feet raw until a hard frost late October when her allergy subsides. However if I don't use something on her to reduce or stop the foot itching she will chew her feet raw. The problem is I tried different shampoos, different lotions, sprays but while they may eventually help if they don't stop that itching those feet will get chewed daily with no relief. This peoduct has the healing ingredients but it also has lidocaine which stops that itching! I do the nightly foot soaks in providone iodine too but even those don't stop the itching, therefore the chewing continues if I don't also use this spray with lidocaine. It contains hydrocortisone and a fungal medication too for healing. But the lidocaine controls/deadens the itching better than anything. Don't let your dog lick this! After it's dried the irching is gone and my dog gets relief she turnsher attention to things other than chewing her poor feet! I use it for as long as her allergy is active. Her feet are actually healing well by the time we get that frost and the need for medication subsides. I also give her a generic Claritin twice a day which helps with generalized itching.

For several years, our cat has broken out during spring allergy season. Normally we take her to the vet for a steroid shot or two. Our vet went on vacation so we were unable to get an appointment soon enough for our cat. I bought this to see if it would hold her over. It worked! The first time we used it, she didn't like the spraying but once we showed her that she was going to get a brushing after the spraying, she settled down. Now she's showing up when her itches are getting bad and she headbutts her brush. She'll go in for her normal vet visit but it's not going to be an emergency visit this time.