Dogs Pads / Corns

cocker5

Hi Guys,

My nearly 12 year old cocker appears to have a few corns on his paws / pads... anyone any experience?

Ive done a good bit of googling and many people take them out themselves but say the always grow back... my guy has serious issues with his paws so me removing isn't an option.. hes in the vet tomorrow (just a heart murmur check up), so going to sk her to check his pads also.. I'll get them removed if he needs them (he will have to be sedated) etc, but worried about his heart.

I have a Paw Soother cream... that may help somewhat

Anyone any experience?

Thanks

aonb

are they definitely corns, not callus'?
one of my old dogs had a callus on his large pad. (We had the vet check that it wasnt a corn) - got a pumice stone, and worked at it every evening while he lay on the sofa with his paw on my knee. Treats were needed by the packet! He got used to it after a few days. Every night we would then massage vaseline into the pad, put a baby sock over it, while he slept on the sofa. Important to do it when he was lazy in the evenings... took a while but got rid of it. We found he was developing callus from then on - he was 17 - started walking on grass more than roads, and just got into the habit of vaseline+socks for an hour or so most nights.

cocker5

aonb wrote: »

are they definitely corns, not callus'?
one of my old dogs had a callus on his large pad. (We had the vet check that it wasnt a corn) - got a pumice stone, and worked at it every evening while he lay on the sofa with his paw on my knee. Treats were needed by the packet! He got used to it after a few days. Every night we would then massage vaseline into the pad, put a baby sock over it, while he slept on the sofa. Important to do it when he was lazy in the evenings... took a while but got rid of it. We found he was developing callus from then on - he was 17 - started walking on grass more than roads, and just got into the habit of vaseline+socks for an hour or so most nights.

Sorry for the late reply and thanks for your response!

you are 100% correct, they are corns but a callus and I'm going to do exactly what you suggested above! Thanks so much!

Do you have any experience of heart Murmurs?

aonb

finding the right pumice is the thing - I also used to use a very fine (diamond?) metal 'emery board' type nail file - easier to work with. Hope he'll let you do it - we started doing it for a few seconds, treat, few seconds, treat, and built up to it - eventually he seemed to enjoy it, but maybe it was the treats :rolleyes:

No heart murmers thankfully, but babysit for neighbours 2 dogs who have murmers - has you guy been graded? showing any symptoms?

cocker5

aonb wrote: »

finding the right pumice is the thing - I also used to use a very fine (diamond?) metal 'emery board' type nail file - easier to work with. Hope he'll let you do it - we started doing it for a few seconds, treat, few seconds, treat, and built up to it - eventually he seemed to enjoy it, but maybe it was the treats :rolleyes:

No heart murmers thankfully, but babysit for neighbours 2 dogs who have murmers - has you guy been graded? showing any symptoms?

Thanks again fro your reply ill def try out your suggestions above.

Yes he's been graded as between 1 - 2 so more than likely a 2, so low down on the spectrum i know but she said it will worsen over time. He doesn't need medication at present but she has recommended a full and proper scan or the heart, theres a specialist in Dundrum who does them. This will give a full picture of what side its on (apparently they differ by treatments etc) so we'll be booking him in for that in early March.

No he has no symptoms as of yet but I cant even look at him at the mo without getting upset, he's 12 in April, his eyes are fading a bit (not cataracts vet checked) his back legs are causing him a little grief... just cannot imagine my lief without him in it... sad i know but its true.

aonb

If hes only rated 1-2 and 12 years old you shouldnt worry (impossible probably!)

My neighbours two dogs (both CKC) are rated 4-5 - they are only 4 and 6 years old and are in pretty good shape. Keeping their weight down is key. But then thats key for all dogs especially as they age.

Dont even think of your life without him - dont waste a minute of the good times thinking about when he's gone. Thats wasting important time that you can just enjoy him and love having him around. Kiss the head off him and forget about all the rest. Once you get over the shock of knowing hes got a murmur, put it in the "some day long time ahead" folder, and get on with the now!

Bells21

aonb wrote:

Dont even think of your life without him - dont waste a minute of the good times thinking about when he's gone. Thats wasting important time that you can just enjoy him and love having him around. Kiss the head off him and forget about all the rest. Once you get over the shock of knowing hes got a murmur, put it in the "some day long time ahead" folder, and get on with the now!

Sorry no experience to add to this thread but just wanted to say what a fantastically lovely way to look at things! I like the idea of that folder, must start filing things in there myself 😀

cocker5

aonb wrote: »

If hes only rated 1-2 and 12 years old you shouldnt worry (impossible probably!)

My neighbours two dogs (both CKC) are rated 4-5 - they are only 4 and 6 years old and are in pretty good shape. Keeping their weight down is key. But then thats key for all dogs especially as they age.

Dont even think of your life without him - dont waste a minute of the good times thinking about when he's gone. Thats wasting important time that you can just enjoy him and love having him around. Kiss the head off him and forget about all the rest. Once you get over the shock of knowing hes got a murmur, put it in the "some day long time ahead" folder, and get on with the now!

Thanks a million - much appreciated!

He is getting the heart scan done on Friday so at least we will know the full picture!

Thanks again!