Do dogs ever hurt their feet?

Yup, they can. Obviously they have much tougher feet than humans as they have evolved for walking barefoot and we don't, but things still can happen. Extreme cold or hot surfaces can hurt them (thus the reason some sled dogs wear boots) and grass seeds, glass etc can get caught in between the pads. They can also just get rubbed on rocky surfaces etc.

My dog Lui actually had a few of his pads scraped up on a walk we take him on, and they were quite red and sore for a little while. We cleaned them and put antiseptic cream on them, and before long they were fine. Ironically he has been on this same walk since and it didn't happen again.

In all honesty though, if a dog's paw pads do get injured easily, the best thing is to walk on varied surfaces to toughen them up. The worst thing you can do is put something on them to make them softer, as then they just get more easily damaged.

Yes. They do. Actually its not all that uncommon, especially if they step on something, or its particularly hot/cold outside.

Typically dogs will hold up the paw that is giving them trouble, and often refuse to walk (at least for a little while). Its quite common in the winter time around here to see dogs holding 1 (or in some cases even 2) paws out of the snow. When my dog does it, I'll blow on his feet for him to warm them up a bit.

**Edit to add:

Actually thinking about it, I had a different situation a number of years back. They'd recently resurfaced the road (no side walks around my place), and my dog was walking on it. He was fine for the most part, but a little 'reluctant' (I chalked it up to the pavement being hot). When we got home, I found what was really wrong. He'd ended up with tar covered pepples between all his toes, and it was bugging him (ouch!)

**edit: Not sure what the TD is for (anyone care to comment?). Just in case someone out there is thinking I was forcing my dog to do something I shouldn't, making him walk on hot pavement, it was his choice to walk there at all. There was grass right next to it, which I directed him to once I felt that the pavement might have been hotter than it should have been.

Dogs pads can get cut and skinned, especially if they are running hard on concrete. But over time the pads on a dog's feet become thicker and more calloused from walking on rough surfaces like gravel and the sidewalk so they are less likely to be injured.

Puppies and dogs that stay inside a lot have a greater risk of injuring the pads on their feet because they are soft from the absence of experiencing different surfaces to walk on.

Lol yea. In the summer, when its hot, sometimes I can see my dog walking a little differently on the pavement. But I think for the most part, if your dog goes outside alot, the padding is hard and protects them.

I have a dog that chews at his feet, its a nervous habit and also allergy related. Though we have almost completely broken him of this habit, there have been times he chewed them raw. So on top of that he would go outside and walk around on the grass and concrete.

So yes dogs can hurt their feet.

My other dog once stepped on some broken glass that was in the gravel at the park, and got some glass stuck in her paw. We had to remove it and bandage her up. She had several days before that foot was back to normal, it was just so tender.

So again yes they can hurt their feet. And since that incident with the glass in the gravel, we avoid gravel and other hard to see surfaces to walk on. We dont want them getting hurt

Yes, all the time. My dog cut his foot on a sharp rock (or possibly some glass) at a swimming hole. But he's a tough old boy and it was nothing a ripped t-shirt couldn't solve. If it happens, be sure to disinfect the wound and keep clean dressings on it. Let him take it easy for a couple of days, dogs heal quickly.

I would recommend your mom or you take that dog in to the vet and have him examined for his injury. While there they can check for other things and give you something to go by. Have them clip his nails, if they are too long, dogs normally have problems with their paws hurting. Watch how they clip the nails so you or mom can do it more often. You can buy clippers at the pet supply store. Buy a muzzle while you are at it, because dogs usually don`t like their nails clipped. They will only bleed if you cut into the quicks and they will react accordingly.

Yep, my dog broke her foot at the dog park once. She was lying under the bench when a rumble of thunder came out of nowhere and scared her. She tried to propel herself out from underneath the bench and ended up straining her foot in an awkward position that cracked one of her foot bones. I had to keep her crated for 2 weeks and only let her out on a leash to use the bathroom so the foot could heal.

The pads of a dog's feet are a lot like the soles of ours - they are thicker than the rest of their skin, but not impervious to the elements. Dogs feet can burn on hot asphalt, get frostbitten in the snow, and get cut on glass or other sharp objects, so it's best to keep an eye out for these things when you take your dogs out.

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