How can I help this? My dog walks on the salt and it hurts her feet.?

I live in canada, so whenever I take my dog on a walk during the winter there is salt on the road. The salt hurts her feet and she limps, Im afaraid shes going to hurt her self because shes tried walking on ONE foot. I dont want her to get hurt but.. we've tried everything. But she always rips/it falls off..


we've tried:


Dog boots


Bandaids on the bottom part of her paw


Kleenex surrounded by tape


Tape





and some of these get stuck in her fur.. My friend told me to try butter and make a coating around her feet.. but I know my dog and I know that she would just lick it off and not be able to enjoy her walk. My dog is VERY self concance and if she looks funny, she knows it and she will PULL AND PULL on her leash/ trash whatever shes wearing. IVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF PLEASE HELP!

How can I help this? My dog walks on the salt and it hurts her feet.?
First, keep her off the road and on the side as much as possible. Second, try harder to get her used to the boots. You need to persist, it takes training, just like anything else. Your dog wasn't lead trained the first time you put the leash on her either, was she?





The other thing you can do is as soon as you get home, put some luke warm water in a pail and wash her feet off. Just slosh her feet around in the water, get between the pads. That's what I do for my guys and they're ok as long as you can get it off as soon as you get home.
Reply:Perhaps you should try going to a local park in the car, that way she doesn't have to walk on the road.





You may want to play fetch or something in a grassy area or on a road that doesn't have too much salt on it.





Good luck and I hope I helped you!
Reply:you should be rubbing paw wax into the bottoms of her feet,it will help keep the pads pliable,between the salt drying the pads out and the cold weather its probably pretty painful for her to walk anywhere,much less on a salty road.Have you considered walking her in a park or where there isnt a ton of salt spread everywhere??
Reply:Put a Gentle Leader on her so you have control of her on your walks - it has a very good instructional video with it.





Then put the boots back on, and tell her to deal with it - she needs protective gear, as even in the park there will be ice, which cuts their pads.





My dogs all wear boots, and no one is allowed to complain.


Pretend you're the kindergarten teacher, put on your boots, and go out and play.
Reply:I would go back and try the dog boots. Try a high quality dog boot rather than a cheap version that looks essentially like a sock with velcro at the top. Ruffwear makes a very effective boot that holds up to just about anything most dogs can dish out and I've heard great things about Muttlucks. I doubt butter would work (and what a mess it would make on the way out the door!) but you might give a paw wax (like musher's secret) a try.





A lot of dogs that are initially resistant to boots or coats quickly learn to LOVE them once they figure out that these contraptions actually make outside time in the winter MUCH more pleasant. Just keep trying. Ignore her pulling and keep her moving so that she can't chew on the boots (or lick the paw wax if you go that route). Once she gets used to the idea that this is how it is, she will quickly figure out that these are good things and will look forward to you putting them on so that you two can go for your walk.
Reply:try to wipe it off frequently for her...get a groomer to clip the fur in her paws too...so ice and stuff wont go in there.....dont use all those mean and inhumaine collars and leashes that people are saying....thats not the way we treat our friends!
Reply:We was told once bty the cable guy that came to our house how his dog was throwing up yellow byle and the vet ask him if he had been putting salt out on the ice and he said he was and he said that rock salt has anti freeze in it and he was lucky he took his dog to the vet when he did. What briught the subject up is my husband said he had to put salt on the ice at our back door well needless to say after the cable guy told us that we didnt put it down. When dogs walk on it they lick their feet. So please be carefull
Reply:The key is to use boots. You need to be in control of the walk, though, and not allow her to rip them off.


Also, don't humanize your dog. She is not self conscious when she wears boots





ADDED- Make it work, you need to be the one in control. Not your dog
Reply:Redirect her attention to you, using food - really yummy food (deli meat, meatballs, string cheese, liver, etc...) so that she isn't trying to get the boots off.





Dogs are not people - they don't care what they look like. The boots are a different thing and feel weird, so she wants to get them off her feet - same thing when people have shoes on that are uncomfortable - we want them off!





You need to first get her used to wearing the boots before expecting her to ignore them on a walk. Put ONE boot on her in the house and give her a small treat when she ignores it - say her name and put the food in front of her nose - when she ignores the boot AND the instant she stops trying to get the treat, give her the treat and praise her.





If she loves to go for walks, she has to learn that boots on her feet mean going for a walk.





Also, try not to walk on heavily salted areas - and rinse her feet thoroughly when you get home. As for butter - save it for popcorn or corn on the cob!
Reply:Go to your local pet store and get her some boots. They are usually a fabric like a rain coat and they velcro to their feet. I had a cocker spaniel that the same thing would happen because of the snow. If that doesn't work find yourself some wrap that they use for horses legs. It is self adhearing and very hard for them to chew off, but will come off easily for you.
Reply:Get used to washing her feet off when u come back from ur walk tha salt drys her foot pads up Hope this helps


bye
Reply:Hmmmm. How about buying some human baby bootie socks? They are tight and won't fall off. They will get damp certainly, however, they will protect the feet from the salt. Then take them off when you get home
Reply:Vaseline - it coats real well. You don't need a lot- just enough to coat the feet, and between her toes. When she is done with her walk, rinse her feet and the vaseline will help keep her feet protected. You'll have to have a towel handy for when you come back from your walk if she is too big to lift. I used it on an Irish Wolfhound.
Reply:You certainly have your problems in Canada. I had never heard of that before.





Here in the UK we do salt the roads. Of course we do not have such severe winters as you, so obviously there is not so much salt used.





We have forests and woods and parks to take our dogs for a walk. Try to find your nearest public place, they wouldn't be salting there.





I don't know your difficulties to reach such places, or the depth of your snow. Anyway good luck. I found your question interesting.



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