Home Forums Birds & Dogs Hunting Dogs Cut or worn pads

What's everyone using for preventing/repairing worn or cut pads on their dogs feet?

Cabelas has a few products
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005402220615a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products_liberal&sort=all&QueryText=dog+foot+care&_D%3AhasJS=+&Go.y=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&No=36&nyr=1&Ne=2510&%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Ftemplates%2Fgiftcertificate%2Fgiftcertificate.jsp%3Fid%3D0005586990011a%26podId%3D0005586%26catalogCode%3DIB%26navAction%3Djump%26indexId%3D&_D%3A%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=+&N=4082&Go.x=0&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005402615139a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products_liberal&sort=all&QueryText=dog+foot+care&_D%3AhasJS=+&Go.y=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&No=36&nyr=1&Ne=2510&%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Ftemplates%2Fgiftcertificate%2Fgiftcertificate.jsp%3Fid%3D0005586990011a%26podId%3D0005586%26catalogCode%3DIB%26navAction%3Djump%26indexId%3D&_D%3A%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=+&N=4082&Go.x=0&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0035610660061a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products_liberal&sort=all&QueryText=dog+foot+care&_D%3AhasJS=+&Go.y=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&No=72&nyr=1&Ne=2510&%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Ftemplates%2Fgiftcertificate%2Fgiftcertificate.jsp%3Fid%3D0005586990011a%26podId%3D0005586%26catalogCode%3DIB%26navAction%3Djump%26indexId%3D&_D%3A%2Fcabelas%2Fcommerce%2FCabelasCatalogNumberFinder.giftCertificateURL=+&N=4082&Go.x=0&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

Anyone use one of these? Does the "toughening up" products really work w/o hurting the dog?

My Beagle loves exercise, but rocky ground and continuous walks on pavement are hard on her pads. Once they're worn thin, they take a while to heal and are more prone to wearing through again. If there's also a product that could keep her from licking off the medication I'd appreciate the lead.
Thanks

I`ve used Tuf-Foot on my hounds for years. They squirm a little when you apply it to open wounds, because of the alcohol. I had a a big Black and Tan, that would roll his lips back every time I approached him with a bottle of Blue Lotion, Tuf-Foot, or nail clippers. Never bit me though.
I don`t run a hound that has a sliced pad, but pads with white spots or not, get a coating periodically, depending on how often I run them.

Thanks for the reply. I looked at a bottle while at Cableas today, and noticed that it's fit to use on humans too. My pup lives in the house, so my only reason for not buying a bottle was a fear of a stained-up house. Do your dogs try to lick it off, or is it bitter enough they leave it alone?

Some will, and some won`t. Heck I once had a big cross bred hound, that would kill and eat a skunk. No tellin how tight their brains are screwed in.

That must have been quite a dog!

I'll try a bottle. My new LCS catalog came today and Tuf-Foot is $3 cheaper than Cabelas. It'll give me an excuse to order some other things too.

Thanks again.