My poor chewbaby

Original post by MerSaysEh

Dec 14, 2010 08:51 AM

As some of you know we have an older, special needs-ish doggy, Chewie. Well, its winter time now and Chewie loves the snow. But the salt kills his feet. We've tried everything, like booties, musher's wax, none of it works for him so we just try to avoid salty areas. This is the first morning out that there is any salt and there wasn't very much so I tried to avoid it on our morning walk but noticed him at one point lifting his feet like he does when they hurt, so I picked him up and he was crying! Not like whining like I had heard before, this almost sounded like bleeting like a sheep would do, he was crying like he was CLEARLY in pain! I started crying too! It was so sad!! He's ok now but I called DH who was so meh about the whole thing I just needed to share with others

brittndave Posted: Dec 14, 2010 12:26 PM

Re: My poor chewbaby

Posted by MerSaysEh

Posted by AngnShaun

what about getting him bootie things to wear outside?

we tried, he wont even put his feet down, he HATES them it was actually kind of funny but he basically refused- the equivalent of a child sitting down, crossing his arms and pouting!

this sounds silly but try zip lock bags! my uncle had a dog that had the same problem and the baggies worked... they aren't as heavy as booties so they can barely feel them when they walk but they still provide a barrier between their pads and the salt!