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Blown out pads...help!

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JLS:

--- Quote from: wildweeds on January 13, 2013, 08:12:34 PM ---Obviously you don't want the dog licking bleach, pour some in a small bowl,dip and hold the collar until it's dry.On the pad heal I just swabbed it on and cut em loose back in their crate.It has been my finding through the years with different dogs that those with black pads have tougher feet than their lighter padded counterparts.

  The bleach implements a chemical burn and dries the pad out thus making it tough,Tannic acid does the same thing and was told by my vet that years ago that was the way houndsmen toughend feet.

Bag balm is the last thing you want to use,it softens the pad,unless of course you want to vet feet after every trip.

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I should have clarified.  I meant use Bag Balm when the pad is regenerating and is starting to dry out and get thicker.  I have had my dog crack his while it was in this stage.  It's usually a week or so, then I let it dry out and harden up. :dunno:

AspenBud:
if we're not talking about a cut here I would NOT wrap it. It might be worth a call to a vet to see if they can recommend a numbing spray to try and keep the dog from wanting to lick the area however. I've gone through this with a couple of my Pointers and they were fine after a week or two of rest (no big runs or hunting).

Bear in mind, I'm making this statement without seeing the wound.

The bleach trick is interesting, but personally I'd stick with tuff foot...after it has healed.

benbo30:
or better yet just get some boots ?? :dunno: i was thinking of doing that with my weimaraner in the snow mostly as it seems she is preety sensitive to the snow , my labs are ok in the snow some tough dogs they are

JLS:
I use rubber boots on my lab when I'm chukar hunting.  I've read about wrapping their feet in tape too, maybe try that at first if you don't want to use the tuff foot?

If the dogs feet are soft, and she spends a lot of time in house, any wet, snow, icy conditions are going to be tough on her once her pads get wet and soften up.

runamuk:
to each their own we greased feet and hooves when it was snow and ice and cold it helped reduce snowballs in the pads.....I used bag balm others used vaseline....

bleach is a caustic so yes it chemical burns....try bleaching your own skin just to get an idea what you are doing then proceed from there.

again I am not a dog person houndsman, or game dog person, sled dog person (these ones are where i got the grease idea from) herding dog, sheep dog, cattle dog, schutzhund dog, or pit dogs......just a chick who somehow ended up with other peoples messes for 20 some years :tup:

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