Dry Pads

Champ629 · Post by **Champ629** » 06 Jan 2008, 14:39

I have noticed that Jake has very dry and rough pads is this normal or do I need to put anything on them i.e. vaseline type stuff?

paula · Post by **paula** » 06 Jan 2008, 16:48

Does he like Max do a lot of hard ground walking. I sometimes rub a little natural handcream on Max pads not to much as he would be slipping all over my floors.

Champ629 · Post by **Champ629** » 06 Jan 2008, 19:23

We don't do loads of hard ground walking really, Jake mainly walks on the grass and does a bit of pavement walking to and from the park.

snazy · Post by **snazy** » 06 Jan 2008, 20:25

Has he been walking where the roads/pavements have been salted?

Champ629 · Post by **Champ629** » 06 Jan 2008, 23:17

snazy wrote:Has he been walking where the roads/pavements have been salted?

Possibly a little bit, a couple of the pads look very dry.

snazy · Post by **snazy** » 07 Jan 2008, 00:35

It could be the salt drying out the pads, if you have to walk him over such areas make sure he gets his feet washed when he gets home.

You could try putting a bit of handcream or vaseline on his paws if you can stop him licking it straight off again!

Champ629 · Post by **Champ629** » 07 Jan 2008, 09:35

Thanks for your advice