sore feet

[DiStuRBeD 0]

Hey all

 

So what do you do, and do you do anything at all for a dog with sore feet after a night out?

 

General redness in the toes, webbing etc etc

 

have any of you ever used any of the greyhound suppliments to help with muscle stiffness etc etc

 

what natural means have you used in the past which was effective?

 

a few guys have said to use metho on the pads, to harden them up

others have said run the dog on hard ground before you go out

[juckler123 707]

Good post mate this is something everyone who works their dogs has problems with especially when running over sandy soil the sand gets under the dogs quicks and if their not cleaned properly they soon get sceptic the only answer i find is regular cleaning and regular exercise even if the dogs arent working and good nail care i found the best thing to do with the dogs feet is when you get in from exercise[.work] is first wash with warm soapy water i use a toothbrush to get under the quicks then i dip their feet in surgical spirits they hate this makes their tail stand on end if theres any cuts or grazes i swap the surgical spirits for tcp and spray with iodine as long as you ALWAYS do this i find the feet get rock hard in no time but i find all this work is no good if you let the nails and quicks grow long road work daily solves this ive tried one or two natural things that wernt bad on the feet the best being witch hazel but for me surgical spirits after a good clean is the buisness as rguards to muscle stiffness i use bone radion b embrocation cream watered down with the surgical spirit once a day after exercise but this can be expensive on a rough coated dog but as i mostly strip any long coat off my dogs if their working hard this is not a problem what do you use matey

[Guest rattingaddict]

warm water, tcp and epsom salts

[socks 32,253]

one of my greyhounds has bad feet and we have to treat him every week after a race ... i have tried EVERYTHING but the best thing i have found to heal the feet is sudacreme .........

[DiStuRBeD 0]

cheers fellas

 

at this stage im not doing anything in particular for my boy, hes 9 month old only, but the place we hunt on is pretty hard on their feet, even the dogs that are up there a bit get sore feet pretty quickly.

 

im going to try the metho on the pads trick, and look into some of the ones suggested here

[Guest hairypie]

after working the dog take the dog down to the beach for a nice strole , get the dogs feet wet and go home .

[juckler123 707]

Wish i lived by the seaside lol

[DiStuRBeD 0]

yeah me to, 40min drive to the beach

[mouse 282]

use just warm salty water mate.cleans the shite out and stops the aches and pains