OT: Always check your dogs feet after hiking

[Wickedinterface]

Well just got home from the Vet, well my dog did. We went hiking a few days ago and today my do was limping and biting at her back foot. When I inspected her foot, she had a marble size toe. So $400 bucks later this is what they pulled out of her toe. Yup a foxtail. So after the vet, we went and got her some sportsman shoes.

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[naz42]

What's a foxtail

[russ13]

a foxtail is a weed that gets stuck in your socks when you go hiking.hope your dog makes a full recovery.what do the shoes look like?

[Wickedinterface]

http://www.seniorpetproducts.com/images/products/303d-p.jpg

Similar to those but blue.

[codyjp]

They also can cause big problems if the sniff them up their noses. Will the dog wear the shoes?

[Wickedinterface]

She will get use to them. She did the leg kick, let me chew on them to get them off.

[dailydime]

Yup out here in the Desert we got alot of them and they even get stuck in there throt, and feet and ears. U couldnt see it?? And was it hard for the doctor to remove it?

[sharkE]

had a foxtail in my huskies ear... $260 vet bill 7 years ago... those things are a super issue with dogs :mad:

[Drft626]

Sorry to hear about your dog getting hurt, That's never good. Good thing you found it before it got worse. I went hiking a month or two back and had got a tick embedded in my side, In a spot I could not reach. It took 2 days to realize I had it, Me not being an experienced hiker I tried to pull out the tick which resulted in my buddy trying to dig it out with a needle for two hours. I hope your dog fully recovers and takes to the shoes lol GL.

[Wickedinterface]

She should be fine. She is just drugged up on pain killers and antibiotics.

[gumbii]

that's a trip... i didn't think those would penetrate flesh that way... once my dog stepped on glass from a broken cup someone dropped... i got so mad... after scraping out glass and bandaging him up, i raised demons in my house... i guess i saved myself 400 bucks that day...

[GreshamH]

that's a trip... i didn't think those would penetrate flesh that way... once my dog stepped on glass from a broken cup someone dropped... i got so mad... after scraping out glass and bandaging him up, i raised demons in my house... i guess i saved myself 400 bucks that day...

Not only will they penetrate but once in they travel deeper. It's more common to get them in ears and throats (softer tissue).

[RandyFolds]

Yet another drawback to invasive plants...glad your dog's OK. They look pretty funny in the shoes, they high step everywhere trying to lift their foot out of them, but it's attached so they just seem ridiculous. They tolerate them after a bit of time though, just don't leave them on while you aren't watching or your $30 dog shoes become chew toys.

[Wickedinterface]

Well she is now walking on the foot instead of hoping and kicking her foot back like there is something on there. I took the bandage as the Vet said to let it air out. Her foot is looking a lot better. She thought her new shoe's were chew toys for the first few hours. but she is digging them, but she gives me that look of, why..

[sharkE]

Not only will they penetrate but once in they travel deeper. It's more common to get them in ears and throats (softer tissue).


reason being is in the flawless design. Shaped like a spear tip. the more the animal paws or walks on it the tip only goes in deeper and the ends prevent it from properly backing out

[GreshamH]

reason being is in the flawless design. Shaped like a spear tip. the more the animal paws or walks on it the tip only goes in deeper and the ends prevent it from properly backing out

Your preaching to the informed choir here but it's actually even worse as when they travel inthe nose/ear/throat there is nothing pushing on them, they just migrate deeper :) My dogs over the years have had major issues with them.... luckily my sister is a DVM :)

Friends female dog got one in her *ahem* and that turned into a $1K surgery.