| If there's snow, little ice balls form with the salt between your pet's pads...which has to feel something like walking with marbles between your toes.
Prevent this by wiping the paws with Vaseline or applying PAM cooking spray, before you let the dog out. However, a better answer is dog booties.
Among toy breed dogs, keeping warm is an issue, too, and booties can help. But you can't just stick booties on a dog and expect him to like it --or even to walk in them.
Begin the bootie experience by making it a fun one. Offer treats while putting just one bootie on indoors. Let your dog eat a meal or play a game wearing one bootie. Day by day add another bootie until all four paws are covered. Then take the bootie games outdoors.
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December 28th, 2008 | 
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