Puppy Paw...

[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.

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

 

 

If your analogy is correct it ought to be the same for hands. Until recently my hands were tough, calloused and rough as hell from constantly working with picks, spades etc outdoors all day. But for the last few months my work regime has been dramatically different and my hands are soft as a baby's arse by comparison. But there's absolutely no difference in what I feel if I handle nettles - they sting just as much now as they did when I had hands like leather. I would have thought it's down to the nerve endings?

[leethedog 3,071]

I'm a scaffolder and can honestly say in all the years I've hunted inclueding ferreting I've never been stung on the palm of my hands on the backs yes

[krawnden 1,036]

Interesting comment leethedog - I've been trying to think about if that's the case for me or not. And I don't think it is. I'm a gardener and often pull nettles out. The action involves grasping with finger and thumb, and sometimes the nettle will be against the palm of the hand. I often get stung while pulling them out. And I often get stung while pushing in a purse net peg. I tend to push in with the heel of my hand so the bits that are exposed to any surrounding nettles are the backs of the fingertips just below the nail, the lower part of the palm and the inside of the wrist. Pretty sure I've been stung in all 3 places!

[trapliner 92]

Have found that dogs that live indoors suffer worse than kenneld dogs do beleave pads harden better on concrete or flags also dogs that pee in there runs and stand in it have harder pads due to the salt content in urine them that live on carpets inside get stung worse.

[timmy k 591]

Funny you say that trap liner, I had an old school boxing coach many years ago and I was always splitting my knuckles on the bags "piss on it" was his remedy. I never did try it, but on another note he did get done a few years later for being a pedo so maybe it was just a fetish he had. And no before anyone asks he didn't nonce me, but he did take a liking to a mate of mine who was a bit of a fat f****r, so maybe I was a bit to skinny for the dirty b*****d!

[fat man 4,741]

I'm a scaffolder and can honestly say in all the years I've hunted inclueding ferreting I've never been stung on the palm of my hands on the backs yes

I spent near enough 22 years scaffolding and got stung all over my hands including the palms,young nettles are a hell of a lot worse than mature nettles and the sting seems to last for ages,all part and parcel of the way we live.

[dillydog 8,463]

Pick them by the handful and rub them in, I do it all the time because I'm tough as !

Seriously though it will get you used to them and reduce the effects drastically, you've just got to have the first few stings lol.

[Terrier15 52]

I'm going to try that with pup. Fingers crossed he will grow an immunity or, at least, a tolerance to them.