Back when CU was in Paris, I noticed Daisy’s paws started changing color. When she was a baby she was brown and black and turned grey/black/white with age. All of a sudden, her paws were turning this weird rust color. She’s always been a bit of a paw-licker, but it’s gotten downright obsessive in the last month or so.

We think she just has really bad allergies, although we aren’t sure to what she’s specifically allergic. I read somewhere today that it’s excessive protein in the saliva (due to allergies) which causes the paw fur to stain. Nice, huh? I gave her half a Benadryl, then valiantly tried to soak her paws in water with epsom salts for five minutes. I didn’t do too badly…had to use the sink in the bathroom and got quite wet in the process.

But, she’s conked out now, next to my desk. That’s her above, glaring at me after I released her from the Sink Monster.

After the jump, there’s another photo of Cookie lounging on the towel I used to dry Daisy’s paws, then dumped on the floor in my office. Weird dogs.