what ground type?

[dogger 100]

ive been told that to keep your lurchers feet tight they need constant road walking is this true? does walking/running on grass loosen there toes up to the point that they look like they have flat feet? or are some dogs bred with good feet whilst others have slack looking toes if you know what i mean?maybe some of the more mature members who have more experience with lurchers can answer this one

[Hunting boys 7]

Yeah mate walking them on the pavement gives them good strong pads as they act lyk shock absorbers but get them used to walking from pavement to grass then pavement to grass again then they dont hesitate and panic when running across grass onto a farm lane or something that is pavement or hard ground

[nothernlite 18,260]

you want a dog with good tight feet no the best of photos but check the back feet thats what your wanting atb

[ferret features 289]

must sound like a tap dancer...needs its nails done.

[nothernlite 18,260]

must sound like a tap dancer...needs its nails done.

dogs nails are fine

[chartpolski 28,478]

My dogs get almost no road walking and they have great feet. Some breed/types have bad feet no matter what. Some people swear by road walking, but in all the time I've had dogs, I've never made it a priority.

 

Cheers.

[paulus 26]

My dogs get almost no road walking and they have great feet. Some breed/types have bad feet no matter what. Some people swear by road walking, but in all the time I've had dogs, I've never made it a priority.

 

Cheers.

i only road walk when bringing a dog back from injury as i can measure the distance to match the dogs fitness, i hate it mind, the most mind numbing thing plodding around lanes

[romany52 313]

Dogs are born with good or bad feet , no amount of road work will make bad feet good., as for walking them on and off grass so they don't panic ! give us break lad.

[sowhat 1,572]

Dogs are born with good or bad feet , no amount of road work will make bad feet good., as for walking them on and off grass so they don't panic ! give us break lad.

 

I agree, but sometimes good feet can be spoiled by running a dog on the wrong kind of ground.

I know it's not always easy to choose your running ground,and accidents can happen, but if I can try and prevent a dislocated toe by being abit careful as to where I run my dogs, then I will.

[chartpolski 28,478]

Just an example of how "luck" comes into it.......... today I was walking my two dogs back across the field from my allotment when they took of across a wheat field after something and the deer cross came back with a split on the top of her front paw, and the little bitch was limping on her back leg ! Now this was 50 yards from my house, on soft ground, and both bitches are fit and have great feet !! Not an injury all winter, then this on the back field !! Even the best looking feet aren't invincible.

 

Cheers.

[robwelsh 354]

My birch has about 25% of her walks on tarmac roughly..I mainly give her sprints on the local fields..and I don't let her trot on the lead either..but I can't see my dogs feet any diffrent to when I first had her..tight as a ducks arse lol ..I also don't allow my dog to run on ANY concrete at all , bad for there joints.etc.