Here’s one that I came across by sheer accident. One of my holiday-walk dogs exhibited some noticeable limping after we’d been out a while. When I checked it out, I saw that one of her paws was cracked and on the brink of bleeding. When I later discussed it with the pet’s owner he was unaware of the problem and we surmised that it might have been road ice stuck between her paw fur that could have irritated her.
In any case, the dog was clearly uncomfortable and she was stopping every few yards to lick her paw. It then occurred to me in a flash of inspiration (which, by the way, I wish would happen more often) that I could use the Chapstic in my pocket to help her out.
At first it was tough getting her to hold still while I was rubbing the lip balm over her pad. But after I’d rubbed it on my finger and then gently applied it to her paw she held still enough for me to put a gob on it.
Naturally it wore off by the time we came back from the walk. Nevertheless, I carefully washed her paws and applied the lip balm on all of them. She laid on her blanket, hopefully long enough to let the balm soak into her paws and not into the carpet.
Here’s the biggest surprise. When I checked her paw the next day it was as if nothing had happened.
I’m keeping an extra Chapstic in my pocket now.
Ray
Christine’s Pets
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