Dogs paws munted from shingle

Hey. I took my dog (GSP) up a shingle river overnight and being a GSP he just couldn’t slow down. We knew he was going to be a little hurt but didn’t think he would run himself so hard. His pads are tender but not too bad. The softer skin around the pad and between the claws though has be rubbed raw where the sharp rocks have gotten in.
I’m keeping it all clean and he’s not wanting to do too much so is healing.
Is there anything else I should do? If it looks even slightly like it’s getting infected I’ll take him to the vet but so far it doesn’t look like it. I’m just feeling sorry for the poor guy.
I’m also wondering if there’s anything else I can do to stop it getting this bad again.

I would be mixing up a salt solution and soak his feet in it. You can use a big cup and put him whole paw into the cup. Then make sure you dry between his toes. I think shoof make dog shoes you could use.
https://shoof.co.nz/companion-animal...ogs/boots.html

You could also thicken up the skin on his pads but that takes a bit of time and can be undone by a couple of weeks on soft ground.
Good luck with the fella :)
P.S. if after a couple of days of salty water it doesn't look like it's clearing up, mix up a much stronger solution and really work it into between his toes.

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Originally Posted by rugerman

I would be mixing up a salt solution and soak his feet in it. You can use a big cup and put him whole paw into the cup. Then make sure you dry between his toes. I think shoof make dog shoes you could use.
https://shoof.co.nz/companion-animal...ogs/boots.html

You could also thicken up the skin on his pads but that takes a bit of time and can be undone by a couple of weeks on soft ground.
Good luck with the fella :)
P.S. if after a couple of days of salty water it doesn't look like it's clearing up, mix up a much stronger solution and really work it into between his toes.

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Cheers. Forgot to mention we are also doing exactly this with the salt baths. His regular exercise is on grass river banks so his pads are usually not that tough. Might just have to hold him back for longer to stop him getting smashed.

If you put shoes on him make sure you have a video camera handy.... I brought a pair in case one of mine rips a pad when out on long trips, hard case watching them get used to having something stuck on their foot

When I was shepherding we used to put meths on the pads to harden them up. It must of stung when they were bleeding but seemed to work.

Ideas might have changed though in the last 40 years :)

Take him to the beach, like above good salt water. Don't take him to the northern hawkes bay beach where they pump that shit in to the water.
A old pig hunter i know used to put meths on there paws.

the same thing happens to my dog on my driveway believe it or not sharp stones make a mess slow him down if you want to run your dog there or find an other area that is not so hard on him he will heal just keep him off his feet pawpaw cream works for cracked paws otherwise unti inflammatory from the vet and a lighter wallet but don,t hold back if infection starts to happen

I was told by a farmer that they used liquid colloidal silver in their dogs water bowl. Helped healing scrapes and stopped infection.

I have used the cream myself, ( don't like my water bowl ) and cuts heal quickly.

My dog runs on gravel and riverbed mostly. Not saying much but he always leads when I am on the mountain bike.
His pads are tough as and keeps his nails short.

My daughter come home the other day balling her eyes out coz he was bleeding and apparently quite bad.
Kids were having a swim in the river out front of our place and he cut himself thru the pad quite bad.
She was a bit dramatic but what 13yr old isint.
It has healed up quite well so far.
But I was a bit baffled how he only had damage to the pad.
Salt baths helped a bit.
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Honey.
Doesn't have to be manuka but if it is I guess thats better.
One of the neighbours dogs fell of the truck while tied on,it's feet were pretty raw by the time he could stop
but honey from the local beekeeper fixed it up

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Honey.
Doesn't have to be manuka but if it is I guess thats better.
One of the neighbours dogs fell of the truck while tied on,it's feet were pretty raw by the time he could stop
but honey from the local beekeeper fixed it up

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My dumb mutt would just lick it off.
No matter how strong a bandage you put on it the fucker would get it off.

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Mine has ripped his up back when he was a pup on the flinty ground her. Salt baths and honey sorted it and to stop him licking it off brought one of those cone head things off eBay bloody funny watching him readjust his navigation skills around the house:XD: you could almost see him thinking wide load wide load, untill food was put down then it was just COMING THROUGH:XD:

Warning with the cone head thing on and if your mutts a bit dumb and likes to stare at the sky don't put him out in the rain.....he will drown:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Tahr

When I was shepherding we used to put meths on the pads to harden them up. It must of stung when they were bleeding but seemed to work.

Ideas might have changed though in the last 40 years :)

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Showing my age I guess but we had the same when I was at school. The matron would give us meths to rub on our feet before we went on school camp to harden our feet up.

Grab some of this from the vets mate 3 times a day and the pad will be fixed in no time.
Last week this pad was completely gone after weaning and a week later looks pretty good.
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When I was a kid and just getting into sailing the old guys told us to rub meths on our hands to toughen them up for the ropes. Helped a bit but dries ya hands up quite a bit.

Brads, if you want something a bit cheaper ( maybe ) you can buy betadine or other iodine based products from Farmlands or RD1. It's antibacterial so will do a similar job.

My cattle dog X gets a fair bit of hill time on the Nth Canterbury tops and although she has got tough pads, if it's a big long day on mainly rocks/scree it's pretty hard on those pads!

BRADS is onto it!! Good stuff.

Ive used insulation tape out on the hill to help dog with raw paws keep going and limp along beside me for trip home....I reckon its the heat as much as the rocks them selves.

After doing a trip from rangi to Longview years ago our labs paws were bad grandad told us to rub rawleigehs on for man or beast it seemed to work ok , not sure about harden but healed them up quick .

Yep use that Pad Spray BRADS suggested, used that on my GSP's hooves all the time. Salt water too keep them clean. If you can, run him on a gravel road, this helps harden the pads considerably, and also keeps their claws short. I had issues with my GSP breaking claws in shingle if they got too long.

What Josh said, the old man used to run his dogs up the gravel road for a short run everyday after winter to prep them for mustering.

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Originally Posted by kiwijames

Hey. I took my dog (GSP) up a shingle river overnight and being a GSP he just couldn’t slow down. We knew he was going to be a little hurt but didn’t think he would run himself so hard. His pads are tender but not too bad. The softer skin around the pad and between the claws though has be rubbed raw where the sharp rocks have gotten in.
I’m keeping it all clean and he’s not wanting to do too much so is healing.
Is there anything else I should do? If it looks even slightly like it’s getting infected I’ll take him to the vet but so far it doesn’t look like it. I’m just feeling sorry for the poor guy.
I’m also wondering if there’s anything else I can do to stop it getting this bad again.

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