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Post by iconsmum on Jan 16, 2007 23:51:19 GMT -5
Could someone please tell me how they handle really cold winter days and greyhounds' feet? In the last 2 days, Icon has been horrified by the cold surfaces under his feet and refuses to budge, and if I insist, he cries and goes lame...pretends, I think . It took me 20 minutes to coax him 6 feet away from the car, over the sidewalk and into the park. Once he was in the park he was much better because the footing is softer and more regular, but I can't carry him along the sidewalk all winter..I would, but he's too heavy for me.. .what does everybody else do, I wonder?
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meganm
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Post by meganm on Jan 17, 2007 8:31:32 GMT -5
Boots if you go onto greytalk and look up member itscath she sells good quality ones. Also if you are in london, they sell greyhound boots at Petacular pet store downtown.
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Post by Gigi on Jan 17, 2007 9:33:26 GMT -5
I agree - Cath sells really nice greyhound boots - very warm and soft...below is the URL and e-mail address for the Blizzard Boots: Cath's eBay URL is: stores.ebay.ca/Grey-HoundWear-Fashion-Outlet Cath's e-mail address is: houndwear at hotmail.com
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Post by jiffer on Jan 17, 2007 13:08:42 GMT -5
Another vote for Cath's booties. Our four wear them on the really cold days. I noticed that with our guys if they walk in salt and then in the snow, they get painful feet. Warming their feet with my bare hand seems to satisfy them and they are okay to keep walking Salt is damaging to their feet so rinsing after a walk is a good idea to get as much of it off as possible. I use a pet safe salt on our steps and porches. The salt will crack their pads which may end up bleeding. I learned that the hard way shortly after adopting Icarus.
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Post by dad2paisley on Jan 17, 2007 14:17:35 GMT -5
We tried booties for ours, but they didn't want any part of it. Ours don't really care about the cold. The other day our Lincoln was swimming in our pond and our others were running in our muddy fenced in yard. This was very cool to see, because mud was flying all around and of course where was my camara? In the house.
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Gail
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Post by Gail on Jan 17, 2007 16:56:10 GMT -5
I am going to try to crochet some boots for Valerie to protect her feet from the cold, salt, and sharp edges. I have a product called Invisible Boot which is supposed to protect the pads from salt and snow accumulation but with the recent ice storm, there are sharp edges which I am afraid will cut her feet or legs.
The day of freezing rain, poor Valerie did not empty her bladder at noon because the little bit of snow covered by the freezing rain crunched. She felt she could not squat safely and was shaking all the time she was walking around. I had to help her up and down the 3 steps leading to my verandah. By 3:45 p.m. she really had to go (holding it from 5:00 a.m.) and found a spot where she felt safe. I kept offering her encouraging words. She is really a great dog. I am enjoying sharing my life with her.
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Post by iconsmum on Jan 17, 2007 21:25:19 GMT -5
Thank you to everybody who answered. The woman in the Global Pet store said I should try using balloons for Icon's feet (!) I just looked at her in amazement......
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Post by samrob on Jan 18, 2007 8:55:05 GMT -5
I use boots for longer walks and balloons for short pee walks. (I live downtown Toronto, so there is a ton of salt and whatever that blue ice melter is, so I have to put something on them every time) You just cut the top of the tube part of the balloon, and scoop the foot inside. I have started a trend around here, the balloons stop the ice from balling up in the paws of the fuzzier pups.
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Post by iconsmum on Jan 18, 2007 18:54:59 GMT -5
I'm in Toronto too, so I'll give it a try - a different colour for each foot!!! Are we talking just normal sized balloons?
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