Dogs and cats get allergies too – here's how you can help them

Dr Woodard check's Friedman's dog, Ms Roxie, for signs of allergies.

About five years ago, Gail Friedman noticed her Parson Russell Terrier was constantly licking his paws and seemed super uncomfortable.

"The poor dog. I would put baby socks on his feet so that he wouldn’t lick them or bite at them,” said Friedman, of Oak Brook, Illinois. "I was constantly changing the socks, washing his feet a lot. Nothing worked.”