Alright - so $200 later...
The vet took a look at Adicus' skin and noticed some smaller skin lesions on his underside, particularly his airpits and hind legs. She also looked at the irritate areas that he had been chewing/scratching on. Based on the fact that he's a puppy and the other less noticable skin lesions, she felt it was probably *not* food allergies - however, felt it was good for us to go back to his regular kibble.
She did three skin scraping pup. One of the irritated area on his paw, once shaven, was soooo much worse! It was even bleeding on its own... Anyway, three skin scrapinggs - one from the chewed on paw, the chewed on hind leg and the skin lesions. She as able to rule out mites and mange - thank god. She did a blacklight check on his underside to check for ringworm, and didn't see anything, so she also did a culture. We'll know in two weeks. Basically - we don't know what it is!
His ears were a bit inflamed (maybe from all the pawing on his face), so I have medication for that. I was given oral antibiotics to give him, twice daily and we hope that clears it up. I was also given medicated and soothing shampoo for him to use to see if that helps any also.
I started giving him some benadryl at night so he doesn't have a restless sleep and she said that although it wasn't allergies (in her opinion), it was alright to give it to him if it helps him. And the E-collar stays on if he's itching and scratching anymore...
I'm guessing no dog park this weekend! Poor pup! I hope whatever this is clears up... I'm hopeful.