When the skin is overly dry it lacks the capability to grip and causes paws to slide across smooth surfaces.
Dog paw protection for slippery floors.
Check for dry paw pads if your dog is slipping on floors.
Our senior dog of 14 years old german shepard struggled with this for several years and was on anti inflammatory medication and also joint supplements and pain medication and also laser treatments.
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But it has another advantage that few people talk about it can provide extra grip on slippery surfaces.
Dry paw pads are the most common cause for dogs having traction and slipping issues.
If your dog s nails are too long they won t be able to properly stand completely on their paw pad.
Spread a small amount of wax over each paw.
Make floors less slippery.
We ve had rain too so there have been wet and muddy foot and paw traffic on them and still they ve stayed stuck.
Keep paw pads moisturized.
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Traction socks or boots.
When your dog steps down on their paws it puts pressure on the pads of their paws and it extends their nails.
Keep your dogs nails trimmed.
Paw wax is often used to protect paws from ice snow and even hot pavements.
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If the dogs take a different path to the door where there aren t any puppy treads they ll still slip and fall.