Blister on Dog’s Paw

About a week and a half ago, my Wife and I took our two and a half year old puggle Lucy to Boston’s South End to visit my Brother. In the morning, my Wife took Lucy to the dog run located at the end of his street, and Lucy played with several dogs for about a half an hour.

When my Wife returned home, she told us how much fun Lucy had at the dog run, and also told us the park was unique, as it was concrete (instead of the pebbles or grass Lucy is used to running on in the dog runs here in New York). a couple days after returning home, we noticed that Lucy was limping. The limping got worse, and after inspecting the back paw she was favoring, I noticed it was red and blistered.

We made a quick trip to the veterinarian who gave us a bottle of Nolvasan Otic Cleansing Solution (a pet antiseptic and wound and skin cleanser), and she let us know it was probably caused by the concrete since Lucy’s pads weren’t familiar with running on the concrete. After a few days of Nolvasan soaks (not easy to do with an energetic little dog), Lucy seems to be feeling much better and her paw is healing.

The next time you take your dog to a dog run, you should be mindful of the terrain. A change in it could hurt your dog!