My Frenchie was constantly chewing at his paws ans licking them as well. He would also dive his face in to the carpet to scratch his face and get very anxious because his ears were itching. He's been on Apoquel for a few months now and we were advised by his vet to increase his dosage whenever he had flare-ups like that. Since we've been giving him these probiotics the itching, licking, biting and face scratching have lessened quite a bit. I keep seeing that the allergies are caused by a bad gut and if that is the case, these probiotics have been a solution to the problem. We were giving him these other probiotics but I would assume that they have not been as effective as these from Frenchie Fab. Very, very satisifed with this product. We will definitely order other products as needed.