Burnt dogs feet

[wildman 634]

3 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

Do the lot mate..... Deep drainage, continuation tanks, wet Wells, services, telecoms ducts and boxes, block and beam, shuttering and steel fixing, block work,kerbs, slabbing, bricking, drive an excavator, rear tipping moggies, dumpers lol, pays the bills and I'm In the house by 5:30 everyday, I'm a carpenter by trade got sick of working away punching my guts out, I'm not shy on the shovel and work with a good bunch of paddy's have a good craic site I'm on now is 10 yrs work, 30mins from my door

Ya me too do the lot .them wet wells are a bugger though .try to stop in my 360 nowdays save mi old back 

[Daniel cain 48,832]

2 minutes ago, wildman said:

Ya me too do the lot .them wet wells are a bugger though .try to stop in my 360 nowdays save mi old back 

Way forward mate, aircon in this and dry when it rainsthinking about doing my level 2 pest control but money's not that great.......but  I would be In my oils to be fair doing something I love..... 

[Meece 1,958]

11 hours ago, trigger2 said:

I can well believe it would stick to the dogs feet but I couldn’t be sure about the burning part. I know sometimes when I am out jogging on the roads that the tarmac is that hot it’s gone soft in places and it also sticks to my trainers on occasions in the past.

This isnt about hot tarmac sticking to dogs feet, its about the heat from the ground such as pavements or concrete burning dogs pads. It seems obvious from the replies that this point ain't getting into people's brains. Try walking on the pavement  or across a sand beach with no shoes on. the principle might then get through.

[trigger2 3,317]

12 hours ago, Meece said:

This isnt about hot tarmac sticking to dogs feet, its about the heat from the ground such as pavements or concrete burning dogs pads. It seems obvious from the replies that this point ain't getting into people's brains. Try walking on the pavement  or across a sand beach with no shoes on. the principle might then get through.

Oh ok. Perhaps I didn’t write it very clear. I’ve known it be that f***ing hot outside it’s caused the tarmac to start to melt in places and stick to my foot wear. Although it’s been that hot I’ve never known it cause the dogs feet to get burnt from heat off the concrete or tarmac. 

[Meece 1,958]

In years past I've known the roads to get so hot that on some corners the tarmac has gotten furrowed up in large ridges by lorries and the council have to send out a lorry of sand and spread it on the tarmac to stabilize it and reduce speed down to 10 mph on those corners but this is the first time I've heard about the risk of dogs feet getting burnt on pavements and concrete  and tarmac. People just haven't considered this.  After having walked across hot sand barefoot in countries abroad I  can well appreciate how dogs feet could get burnt. Just because dogs cant communicate with us doesn't mean that we shouldn't be considerate their situation, such as being tied up with no water or shade cover outside in runs ect.  Some people have no spatial  awareness of stuff going on around  them until their arse is on fire or the building they are in collapses around them.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

On 05/08/2018 at 02:28, Meece said:

Just because dogs cant communicate with us doesn't mean that we shouldn't be considerate their situation, such as being tied up with no water or shade cover outside in runs ect.

Living on the northern tip of the Mojave desert this is something we regularly contend with for around 4-5 months of the year. Not walking the dogs for 4-5 months isn't an option. My cattle dogs have got pretty hardy feet and don't seem too bothered by temps although walking them on tarmac doesn't happen in the summer. I live on a gravel road and it's a short walk to forestry tracks that are graded dirt. PBT cross has a tendency to chase anything that moves, and across lava rock too. His feet tended to get pretty banged up in summer months.

I'm sure all the dogmen are carrying extra water and first aid supplies, JIC, but dog boots are pretty handy pieces of kit. I'm sure there are few laughing at that mental image but there is a Yank company called Ruffwear that make them with Vibram soles. They've taken paw injuries down to zero where I am and it's saved me more than the cost of the boots in vets bills. Shame they don't make them rattlesnake proof.

Ruffwear also makes those cooling vests mentioned earlier and while I don't use that particular model I did appreciate their life-jacket when the ABPT jumped out of the canoe after a rising trout. If the gear is good enough for the search and rescue dogs it's alright by me. Granted not everyone needs them but there are products to minimise injury if the ego can take it!