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Originally Posted by Maximo  Poor Rosie! Max cracked a paw pad once, but other than that, we haven't had any paw problems. Amazing considering we often run into prickly sweet gum tree seed balls.
Although we walk mostly on pavement, the boys still manage to pick up prickly sticks in their undercarriage. Max sat down in the middle of the street once and I found a rose bush branch with thorns stuck to him. Teddy had thistle between his legs. |
I HATE those sweet gum ball droppings! I call them spiky balls ('don't step on the spiky ball') & I avoid streets that have those trees. Turbo stepped on one when he was running across the grass & he got stabbed. The needle broke off, got embedded in his paw, he yelped!
I carried him home & took it out w/a tweezer, cleaned it off. TG he didn't get any infection from it.