Dry, cracked pads

[PuppyFluffer]

When my hands get dry enough to crack, they hurt. Can I assume the same is true if Wyatt's pads are looking dry and cracked, too? Do dry pads have less traction on wood floors than soft pads (making it more of a struggle for him to rise)? Finally, is there anything I can, or should, do about it?

[puppy love]

When my hands get dry enough to crack, they hurt. Can I assume the same is true if Wyatt's pads are looking dry and cracked, too? Do dry pads have less traction on wood floors than soft pads (making it more of a struggle for him to rise)? Finally, is there anything I can, or should, do about it?

How about putting Bag Balm on his feet? Farmers put it on cows udders to keep them soft. Maybe you could put it on at bedtime and scratch his belly till he falls asleep so he will not try to lick it off. Or there is an actual product for dogs feet (cant remember the name of it) that they use on sled dogs feet to keep them moisturized and protected from cracking.

[workingchihuahua]

pm windyway on some of her products.

[odette]

bag balm is a lttle tacky feeling to me, i use udder cream,absorbs better. and yes i use it on me,hands elbows feet.

[Dog Daze]

I just put something about this on my other post what are the odds.

About the dog I am sitting scraped some skin off the pads at his wrists and upon further inspection his pads are really dry so I am using some skin works and I also have some foot cream from Nature's Speciality that I use on me and my dog.

I imagineThey certainly do hurt even more than our dry cracked hands as they have to continue to walk on their painful cracked pads and they usually will begin to lick at them alot and pick at the webbing between thier toes and such.

[rapuzzled]

Happy Tails BowWow Butter Balm...it's for cracked noses and pads. I've never seen anything work better. I actually use it on my own feet and hands, lol. After bathing all day my hands are dry and chapped. I just rub a little dab of it on my hands, and all better!!

[Aussieshepherds]

I was thinking Paw Balm also.