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| Posing by the blackberry plants |
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| Taking a rest break in the shade |
Poor Levi had sore paws that evening, which were even more painful the next morning. I got him a prescription of pain meds and iced and bandaged up his little feet which made him a lot more comfortable.
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| Levi icing his sore pads |
I've realized that when he swims and then goes hiking right afterwards is when his paws seem to become raw and sore. He's such a delicate little flower. From now on he'll have to wear booties when we go hiking because I hate seeing him limp around the house :-(.
Now he's being babysat by my parents while I'm off on another externship at an equine clinic for a couple of weeks. He loves visiting my parents house and getting to swim in the pool all the time.
His new favorite activity now that there's grass in the front yard is to swim and then take his toy onto the grass for a good roll.
He makes me smile every day :-)
Smiling everyday is a good thing and doggies are just the ones that make it happen no matter what went on that day! They have a real talent for causing that whole ear-to-ear grin thing.
ReplyDeleteKristen, I used Mushers Secret paw wax on the dog's pads when we were in the snow, and it protected the pads really well so they didn't get scraped up. I wonder if you could use it on a hiking day before Levi swims to keep the water from softening the pads. Might be worth a try?
ReplyDeleteAlso, there are various pad-toughener products that people use to help with soft pads. One that comes to mind is Tuff-foot, in case you want to consider a pad toughening program for him.