picardy Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hi can anybody give me some advice on how to harden a dogs pads apart for road walking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 road work is the best way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hi can anybody give me some advice on how to harden a dogs pads apart for road walking My dogs in the kennel have a concrete run in there kennel and compared to my dog in the house are very hard indeed but over time they should harden anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kelly Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 My current spaniel has pretty soft pads. He was bought up in a concrete run, now lives indoors with me and his feet have never hardened. He is always on roads with me. My old dog had very hard feet and lived the same lifestyle. I think some dogs just don't ever get very hard feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 There is a trick to harden the skin on a dogs paws or your own feet for that matter.Wipe the pads with surgical spirit several times a day and that will harden the skin over time.One of my previous dogs had an operation on his paw and had to wear a bootie for quite sometime which resulted in his pads going soft like a babys bottom. If you'd like to know how i knew that a friend of mine used to do ballet and she had to do it to toughen her feet up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picardy Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Many thanks my dog is in a run with a concrete floor but suffers a little in thick cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gluebeam Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 The hardness in the pad is due to layers of dead skin called keratin which protects the skin in dry environments. if you keep the pads dry when he's in the run it should help to harden them up a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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