Socks/Shoes for hardwood floors, recommendations?
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| Have you already tried trimming toenails short, and also trimming out the hair on the foot (between the toes and around the edges of the pads) ? Ours don't have any trouble on our kitchen wood floors. It's not really a good idea for dogs to wear boots on their feet for long term use. |
| Dawn is spot on. We keep both dogs pad hair cut nice and short and the only have issues when their feet are wet from rain or snow. Vance |
| Throw rugs. |
| Benson gets regular trims of her pad hair (just did that tonight, in fact!) We have hardwood floors everywhere except the bedroom, and keeping her hair trimmed gives her plenty of traction. |
Simon's Mom wrote: Throw rugs. Ditto. I can't stress this enough. Ask any veterinary orthopeadic surgeon. |
| Trim trim trim. Nails are sorta long here but I do go after the hair regularly. Throw rugs second and finally, for Jack Bark'n Boots socks and shoes http://www.ruffwear.com. No he can't wear the more than a couple of hours a day--usually when I'm busy in the kitchen and he is my sous chef. He's very patient as he knows he'll get a smidgeon of a cookie as reward for letting me put his socks and shoes on. He only needs them inside, he still has control on concrete, dirt and of course carpet and bricks. |
Guest wrote: Anyone have any good recommendations for socks/shoes that have a good grip to help our dog get up from the floor and to prevent sliding? Thanks! I do have a friend who makes boots for OES. She makes them with a special rubber/gripping foot. If you e-mail me privatley, I can put you in touch with her. But please understand, these boots are not made to wear for long periods of time or for taking long walks outside. I use them on José for when we go to obedience trials & dog shows. Sometimes the concrete floors outside the rings can be a bit slippery for him where they are not for me. This gives him the added traction he needs outside the ring. I am cautious about this becasue he has torn one of his ACLs They come off when it is time to go into the ring. |
| he gets a haircut every 2-3 months or so, so the hair on his paws & nails being long is the reason why our dog doesn't have great traction. what kind of nail clipper and pad trimmer do you recommend that we buy? thanks for the help! |
Guest wrote: he gets a haircut every 2-3 months or so, so the hair on his paws & nails being long is the reason why our dog doesn't have great traction. what kind of nail clipper and pad trimmer do you recommend that we buy? thanks for the help! I use a dremel to file down my dogs' nails weekly. I use an Andes 2 speed clipper with a #10 blade to shave out the hair in the "V" on the pads of their feet. I do this about once every 2 weeks. |
| There are several ways to do each. For nails - the most common 3 are to dremel/grind as Marilyn said, or use a nail trimmer - the 2 most common styles are a guillotine or pliers style... Bamboo is a nice brand: http://bamboo-nail-trimmers.sales-sales6.us/ I have the style on the left - #1. And for trimming up the feet - you can use a clipper or a scissors. I use a small curved blunt tip scissors for this. For in between the pads and also a longer tipped one to shape up around the feet - no "mop feet"! |
| i just tried trimming his feet with a small scissor. it was tough! how do you get into the areas between? am i supposed to trim to expose his nails as well? |
| http://www.untilyoufindme.com/ You can find lots of handy hints at this web site! Good Luck! |
| I push the pads apart and trim in the "valleys" they create. You need to know the anatomy (where the webs are, etc) before you trim. If you use a trimmer/clipper, you go down in the same spaces too. And ending with a trim around the whole outside for anything that hangs down and will curl under is a good idea too. |
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