Puppy Paw...

[Terrier15 52]

I have a dog pup that is 6 months old, when out he has issues with stinging nettles on his paws. They really bother him to the point where he struggles to keep his concentration until we have found a doc leaf to rub on it.

I have checked his paw and there is nothing sticking out. Any advice on this?

[timmy k 591]

You've just gotta toughen the dogs feet up, don't forget it's a pup and will have soft paws, plenty of road work will do it but after all said and done some dogs seem to react worse than others for some reason

[Terrier15 52]

Cheers Timmy.

 

It happened over 4 or 5 hours ago now and he is still not himself due to it.

 

We do quite a bit of road work but will have to increase this. Cheers

[HPR 1,161]

He'll be alright as said above plenty of road work there is somets called tuff foot I think you can put on them . f**k the doc leaf off .

[Terrier15 52]

Cheers mate, Ill see if it doesn't improve in the coming months and will have a look at 'tuff foot' if no improvement

[morton 5,368]

I have a dog pup that is 6 months old, when out he has issues with stinging nettles on his paws. They really bother him to the point where he struggles to keep his concentration until we have found a doc leaf to rub on it.

I have checked his paw and there is nothing sticking out. Any advice on this?

Kick the soppy twat and throw it into a patch of spring nettles,OR,realise nettles sting and some terriers become habituated to the fact and hunt accordingly,the rest walk around the nettles and are less useful.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Nettles at this time of year are at the worst. Young ,fresh green nettles sure do sting.

To become immune to nettles it takes nettles, LOL.

Think about it, if you don't hunt or such for a while nettle stings will hurt but if you're out every day you can handle them.

[Terrier15 52]

Yeah - agree this is the worst time of year for them so he will just have to get used to them. When chasing something after the sting he was fine it is just while walking

[krawnden 1,036]

I could well be wrong, but personally I wouldn't have thought roadwork would make that much difference to whether or not a dog can cope with nettles. But I'd be interested to hear of any evidence to the contrary.

[king 11,984]

Nettles at this time of year are at the worst. Young ,fresh green nettles sure do sting.

To become immune to nettles it takes nettles, LOL.

Think about it, if you don't hunt or such for a while nettle stings will hurt but if you're out every day you can handle them.

+1 they are at there worst now as they start growing due to not wanting to be eaten by grazing stock etc.

I walk my dogs on forestry road a fair bit.and a few miles on railway track every few weeks. Never had to cut any nails on adults before. And very very rarely they cut there pads. I can't remember the last time they did.

[leethedog 3,071]

Road work and more nettles is the answer my bitch pup is just about there with them now she is not a lot older than your pup

 

Edited to add we have had young nettles since December here in the south east

Edited April 17, 2016 by leethedog

[runem 533]

Seen this loads of times some dogs just dont like getting stung of nettles,eventually they start to avoid nettle patches walking around them or even refusing to walk,its just something you will have to live with.

[Terrier15 52]

Ill keep going as I am then, mixture of road, track and bushes etc. Hopefully the more nettles he sees the better it will get.

I'm southeast as well leethedog so assume we have been fighting a similar battle with them!

[nans pat 2,575]

steep them in peterel same as big joe joyce does with his fists,lol

[tinytiger 840]

I could well be wrong, but personally I wouldn't have thought roadwork would make that much difference to whether or not a dog can cope with nettles. But I'd be interested to hear of any evidence to the contrary.

take off your own shoes for a few months and see the difference