Feet

[desertbred 5,490]

Salukis feet stand up to most ground double thickness pads hair between the webs and good strong nails

[nans pat 2,575]

Remember an old guy that lived beside , kept hounds and lurchers for years . He used to dip the dogs feet in methylated spirits , he reckoned it hardened the pads . Watched him doing it once with hounds , it was real hard frosty weather and he reckoned it would stop the feet from getting burnt

must work...

big joe joyce steeps his fists in peetrel and it works for him.lol

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

 

You can train the quick to become shorter. Keep clipping the nail as close to quick as possible and it will eventually fade back. Some of the dogs feet on here I see make me cringe, some don't look like they get walked lol

What would cause that the tip of the quick becoming cold and dying back a few millimeters ?

i don't know , but I suppose your going to doubt me and knit pick lol

[king 11,972]

 

 

You can train the quick to become shorter. Keep clipping the nail as close to quick as possible and it will eventually fade back. Some of the dogs feet on here I see make me cringe, some don't look like they get walked lol

What would cause that the tip of the quick becoming cold and dying back a few millimeters ?

i don't know , but I suppose your going to doubt me and knit pick lol

No not at all just interested.and wondering how it works.

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

 

 

 

You can train the quick to become shorter. Keep clipping the nail as close to quick as possible and it will eventually fade back. Some of the dogs feet on here I see make me cringe, some don't look like they get walked lol

What would cause that the tip of the quick becoming cold and dying back a few millimeters ?

i don't know , but I suppose your going to doubt me and knit pick lol

No not at all just interested.and wondering how it works.

probably because to nerve is too close so just dies back abit, each time you trim back it dies back abit more. Only understanding of it really.

Dogs with long nails will have knocked toes, split nails and I would of thought weaker tendons in the foot due to it spreading the foot giving it a flat look.

[jeemes 4,453]

 

 

 

 

You can train the quick to become shorter. Keep clipping the nail as close to quick as possible and it will eventually fade back. Some of the dogs feet on here I see make me cringe, some don't look like they get walked lol

What would cause that the tip of the quick becoming cold and dying back a few millimeters ?

i don't know , but I suppose your going to doubt me and knit pick lol

No not at all just interested.and wondering how it works.

probably because to nerve is too close so just dies back abit, each time you trim back it dies back abit more. Only understanding of it really.

Dogs with long nails will have knocked toes, split nails and I would of thought weaker tendons in the foot due to it spreading the foot giving it a flat look.

 

Your spot on with that mate. When a dogs standing on slabs the nails should not be touching the ground. I use a dremmel aswell as clippers especially if you want to drive the quick back and do it every few days.Its also handy to take off sharp edges after using clippers.

[krawnden 1,036]

Jeemes - what tool d'you use on the dremel?

[jeemes 4,453]

Jeemes - what tool d'you use on the dremel?

The sandpaper one mate

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Keep nails short....

[cooper101 86]

Potassium permanganate....I believe is the stuff if you want too harden pads...will check my first aid box too see if I got the name right....!!! And will repost if it's wrong....!! Atb billy

[ernesto 30]

That's the one potassium permanganate my mam use to put it on my feet when I started playing football in the fifties as a boy. Them old leather boots blistered your feet to some tune,it's also a great antiseptic .the only down side it stains brown takes weeks to come off .also used preb an on pups after docking tails .great stuff always have some in .

[low plains drifter 10,328]

I went into the chemist once, and asked for friars balsam

[Allan P 1,149]

Is it painful for the dog driving the quick back though? It's very difficult to see the quick if the dog has really dark nails.

[low plains drifter 10,328]

Is it painful for the dog driving the quick back though? It's very difficult to see the quick if the dog has really dark nails.

You nip the points off the nail, then maintain them at the desired length

[Blackdog92 2,047]

 

 

Remember an old guy that lived beside , kept hounds and lurchers for years . He used to dip the dogs feet in methylated spirits , he reckoned it hardened the pads . Watched him doing it once with hounds , it was real hard frosty weather and he reckoned it would stop the feet from getting burnt

must work...

big joe joyce steeps his fists in peetrel and it works for him.lol

You beat me to that one i thought that as soon as i read the first post lol.