Blown out pads...help!

[10Key]

Hunted the desert yesterday, had a good time in the cold, albeit slow for birds...got back to the house and one of Chukar's pads was 2/3s gone. What the heck do I do with that? I was staying at a friends house so I covered it up to avoid oozing on their carpet...but now that we are home, what is protocol to expedite healing? I am getting conflicting info on web searches.

[runamuk]

if it was my dog and pad was actually missing i would wrap with bag balm gauze pad and vet wrap until healing was commencing.....this wrap would need to be removed and red one every 24-48 hours in my opinion based on the dog and environment....however my experience is show dogs, rescue dogs, and pets only not really working dogs....

[wildweeds]

Pad heal or straight bleach

[10Key]

If I use pad heal or bleach, do I keep the pad exposed or cover it? Is licking of the area by the dog ok?

[NW-GSP]

Vetricyn! The stuff works wonders. You can get it from most co op stores

[Bmcox86]

This has happened to my setter twice this season, first time I was terrified and wrapped them and emt gelled them everyday, they weren't healing, was told by a vet to unwrap them and let the dog keep them clean himself, so I did and he was back hunting 3 days later.

Happened again and I just cleaned them once after we got home and he was fine in a couple days.

Just clean them real good and don't push him to hard the first day or two after.

[benbo30]

Vetricyn! The stuff works wonders. You can get it from most co op stores

vetricyn is great , thats what i use on my horses when they get cuts , my weimaraner had some open wounds on her pads from the frozen snow so i put some bag balm on it and the wound closed up and healed i left them exposed for her to lick and clean as she needed to , they say a dogs saliva helps with the cleaning and healing process

[JLS]

If I use pad heal or bleach, do I keep the pad exposed or cover it? Is licking of the area by the dog ok?

I'd try to keep the pad covered until it starts to heal.  Once it does, keep bag balm on it so it doesn't crack.

[wildweeds]

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.

[benbo30]

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.

bag balm would be ok on open wounds IMO , i only use it on open wounds on thier pads . quick question for you on the bleach thing what if the dog has a open cut or wound on his pad is bleach ok to use wouldnt it sting the crap out of them?

[JLS]

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.

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.

[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 ?? 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