My dog has what looks like athletes foot between the toes any suggestions have tried bentone and dogs iubrofen the vets suggests steroids which do clear the area but then it returns any suggestions would be a help i have 5l bottle of hibscrub do i dilute this and wash the paws these are my first dogs so its a learning curve

Has your vet taken a skin scraping to rule out mites?

Or a swab and cultured any exudate to rule out bacterial or fungal infections.

Is it caused by him licking the area?

no the vet has not. he does not seem to like it alot he was treated for mites in the summer the aout mite