I have a 1.5 year old Maltese named Tiger. He constantly licks and licks the air (looks as if he just ate peanut butter, but he didn't) and sometimes his paws or us. Is this OK? I don't want to take my dog to the vet for "licking air" but it's so excessive I am starting to worry.
Another worry is that he has a "goose honk" cough. It always happens after he drinks water but I was told that it is normal. But now he does it when he's not drinking water. It only happens like once a day, but I don't know how many times a day it should happen before I should start to worry.
Since he is a Maltese, he used to have tear stains from his eyes, they stopped for a while and now when things come out of his eyes, it is green. My vet told me it was allergies and not to worry, but thought I should get a second opinion and let you know about that issue in case that would help diagnose the first two.
I only started to worry because he threw up the other day. He usually throws up in the morning a little yellow, about the size of a quarter, possibly stomach bile if he doesn't eat before bed. But this time it was all of his food and it stained the rug a red/orange/brown color. It hasn't happened since last week but maybe this info might help.
Thank you!