Nettles And Dogs Feet

[labhunter 21]

Any one ever had a dog get stung by nettles my pup is winein and licking its feet

[mhopton 807]

Antistermean mate i give mine 1before we go out , how old is the pup ? If he's only young give him half a one

[haymin 2,465]

as above ?

[labhunter 21]

10 week mate she just ran threw them was fine till we got back do they grow out of it?

[lurcherman 887 13,094]

Lol i think if it goes in them this time of year it will get stung

[haymin 2,465]

10 week mate she just ran threw them was fine till we got back do they grow out of it?

ones there paws start hardning with age ?

[labhunter 21]

Ok thanks lads

[Bosun11 537]

Nettles are hard on puppys, especially little 'uns. I try to avoid em when they are young. As has been said an anti-histamine can work well if your dog is older and you 'need' to work/walk it through em but in general they toughen up and they aviod em themselves. Woe be tide the dog that jibs ploughing through em for quarry though..!!!

[bunnys 1,228]

Nettles just starting ta show hereabouts ,I make a point that mostly all grounding with young puppies his in through cover tree plantations one can walk through but cover ground nettles they learn to avoid some learn the cover like say a fox would daily out from a very young in helps no end and even the softies will still plough through or learn ta cover it when workingno need nor med they all scratch and ches there pads and feet when stung usually on the return from the outing .best med out next day same grounding .atb bunnys.

[BlackStreak 498]

I'm not really sure what needles are in yall's country but by the context clues I have an idea. Brings to mind our prickly pair cactus and jumping cactus. Dogs that hunt in areas that have a lot of the cactus need to be accustomed to it before ever hunting around it. Taking the pups out to the pastures to run around and play and learn how to run through the woods, briars, cactus and what ever else is essential I believe. Yeah you get to pick a bunch of stickers out of the pups untill they learn what cactus is but it's well worth it. An older dog that has never been around it that is aquired by a guy that does hunt around a lot of it is in for a real treat. The stag I have is a fine example. I got him when he was 2.5 years old. Fine running catch dog he was and still is. He knew nothing about cactus before I aquired him and Ohhhh how he soon learned about it. I spent over 6.5 hours one night picking cactus out of him after 1 run. Poor dog was absolutely covered in thorns but his drive and his determination made him press on till he caught his quarry (a nice size pig). His determination was matched only by my determination to take care of this fine animal. What a lesson we both learned.

To avoid this next time out, I took him to the pastures not to hunt but to just leasurely walk around. I put him on a long lead rope and walked him around picking our way through a lot of cactus. Eventually after several times of this I let him walk on his own through it. I was carefull to make sure I had hunted this pasture that morning with my other dogs to make sure all the pigs were out of the pasture as I did not want him chasing anything. He never learned how to run and play around the stuff as a pup and he and I are both paying for it now. He is much better but is so focused on running pigs down, I still have to spend 20 minutes picking stickers out after a full day of hunting now. My other just as driven dogs I look over but usually don't find much. I always check my dogs feet after the hunts even if I just run them on pigs in clean cactus free crop fields. Their legs too.

[wirral countryman 2,110]

The pup will soon get used to it as the pads toughen up from walking on concrete and hard ground,I would never use antihistamines to stop it under any circumstances as they are quite an aggressive drug that can damage kidneys with prolonged use and its normal for the pup to get itchy feet after a walk, avoid nettles until the pup gets bigger,the greyhound lads use a product called touchpad to stop sand burn when cornering,stopping,skidding,etc and I know some lads put a bit in a shallow tray or bowl to put the dogs feet in, WM

[Guest vin]

calamine lotion on the pads. helps reduce the heat.

[mushroom 12,879]

Kick it in the face

[shaaark 10,716]

Kick it in the face

You certainly have an easy to understand, no nonsense way of dealing with things! Lol I know you're only kidding ................ I hope!

[labhunter 21]

Dock leaves sorted it

Atb lh