Burrs
Getting ready for Assateague in a few weeks. In the past on fall trips, there are little burrs that get caught in between the pads of the dogs' feet. They are nasty little things. We've even found ...
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BCSnob wrote:
Are you talking about burrs or sandspurs
I've been told show sheen detangler makes removing burrs easier.
http://absorbine.com/products/grooming/showsheen-hair-polish-detangler/
I looked up sand spurs. I stand corrected -- the things I am talking about definitely look like the sand spurs. ANd we had been there in the spring before and never noticed it. ONly during fall trips. From what I Just read this fits with sandspurs too.
They really don't get caught in my dogs' hair... the problem we had was them getting imbedded in between the footpads.
I did find some boots and put them on the boys here this evening. One dog was doing a lot of high stepping and foot slapping.. The other one was not amused and refused to walk. If I can get them to adapt to wearing the boots, it will save a headache later on. I have a few weeks to work on them with the boots.
