Hi lovely people,
Newbie greyhound parent alert! Have opened our hearts and lost our sofa to an ex-racer and the learning curve has been an eye-opener! He kindly agreed to come home with us in April '21 after a broken right hock ended his racing career and made our lives all the richer for it.
Unfortunately, have recently noticed our boy limping sporadically (on any type of surface) and wondered if he's developing corns even though we can't actually see any evidence (even tried the toothpaste trick)
He's got rough pads, a couple have cracks, so thought I'd try rubbing in Burt's Bees Hand Salve to see if that might help. However, apart from disliking any thing touching his paws (always been this way since he's been with us) so applying it is tricky, he also licked his paws briefly afterwards.
Was just wondering if this will be detrimental to him? Should I have wrapped his paws up in something afterwards?
Are there any tricks to make it more enjoyable for him so he's not yanking his paws away and trying to curl them under his body??
Any info/advice would be gratefully received!
Thank you. ☺️
