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Sometimes when they are licking the air it can be a partial focal seizure, but I don't know what would explain the rest of the behavior.  Anxiety maybe?  Would your vet let you try some meds for him?  We put Oliver on Anxitane M & L in his last weeks and it really helped.  It just takes the edge off and relaxes them a little.  Also maybe some rescue remedy.  If he's been vet checked and given a clean bill of health, it almost has to be anxitey or something neuological.

Ive read about those seizures mentioned above, but I don't know if we've ever SEEN them or not?

It hasn't happened in a long time, but  licking the air and barking a lot is something  Meaty and Sophie would do sometimes, and after talking with our vet and other bully people, we honestly never

knew for SURE what it was, but it **seemed** to be their tail pockets were bugging them!  However, you

said Bosco was JUST at the vet, and everything was checked and was fine----hmmm?  I WISH I could help you more!...

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.....MAYBE it's just a simple itch somewhere he can't reach?  Was this happening BEFORE his most recent vet check up?   The reason I ask is, maybe his anal glands and tail pocket were fine at the vet's, but since then, he had some poops that are irritating his skin?  ...Or maybe it's his ears? 

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Meaty unfortunately has a DEEP tail pocket, and I remember him years ago, doing that air licking thing  along with butt scooting A LOT!  At that time, he ALSO had severe EAR issues, and he also had recurring interdigital cysts, so he was obviously uncomfy a LOT !!!  Oh, I know what you MIGHT try---wean him onto a new food !!!  THAT is what finally helped most  of Meaty's issues---we had to do MANY food trials to find the right one!  At one point, his allergies were SO bad, we took him to a dermatologist, desperate for allergy testing and to find out ONCE AND FOR ALL what was causing his ear, tail pocket, and paw issues.  But the derm AND two other vets all agreed that allergy testing isn't accurate enough or worth it....**I'm not saying testing isn't a good thing, but since THREE vets said it wasn't worth it, well....LOL....we obviously didn't do it ! :-) **...

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Not saying changing his DIET  will solve Bosco's problem, (especially IF it is something neurological!) but as I said, it COULD help ???   And although finding the right kibble resolved his horrible ear and paw cysts, he DID have a problem last summer with licking and chewing ONE of his paws SO much, that the skin was shredding!  Like you,

we also considered it COULD be a behavioral issue----I KNOW he has some OCD, poor fella!  :-)

Well, just like Bosco, Meaty was also put on Apoquel and that has been a MIRACLE drug !!!  ...

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By the by, we all know there are SO many wonder-bull, grain-free, very high quality kibbles out there that are

great for our allergy-prone bullies, and we've tried a TON of 'em....but I'll tell ya, the one that has been AWESOME for him is Nature's  Balance **LIMITED INGREDIENT** Fish and sweet potato !!!  And although Sophie's neverrrr had the skin/ ear/ paw issues poor Meaty has, this kibble has also been

GREAT for her, because she does have a sensitive tummy!  The bag even says it's great for

sensitive tummies because of the limitied ingredients......GOOD LUCK!!!  Hug Bosco for us !!!  :-)

post because I was wondering if the vet check-up was BEFORE this new behavior started.

You said the vet checked his glands, but---is his tail pocket really deep? With Meaty, when

we clean it, I'd estimate it's about 1 1/2 inches deep.....we go throught A LOT of baby

wipes to get it all cleaned out.