Registered: May 2007
Location: Wisconsin
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I have a friend who has an excellent female, (bear&coyote) problem is that she wears holes on the inside of her front main pads after running hard - she's then done for three weeks 'till her feet heal up. This didn't happen untill last winter after a hard coyote run, now it happens quite frequently. I told him I would cast this problem out on the forum to see if any of you guys have a solution.

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Registered: Oct 2007
Location: United States
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what kind of healing process is she going through? are you guys using pad heal, pad guard, tuff foot, emt gel? sometimes ive saw a friend of mine that hunts walkers wait a month after one of his females gets a pad hurt after it heals. sometimes the healing process can be slow because it seems it becomes softer in the area well after its healed and it re-tears itself. A iodine solution a friend makes for me works well. and a boot mite help healing and hunting. even around the kennel. i hope this helps. take care. adam.

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Adam - thanks a ton for the reply! Do you have the recipe for the iodine solution?

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hes away working on the powerlines now so i dont see him that much but as soon as i talk to him i will pm you with it. It works wonders. it looks exactly like bluekote or blue spray but its got different ingredients and is a old houndsmans remedy. it heals and protects and makes pads super tough.

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If it's a deep pad wound, it needs to heal from inside out. It's going to be a pain in the neck, but keep it clean and stuff the gauze into the wound gently every day (a dog boot will keep her from eating at it). Everyday the wound will become less and less deep until it's fully healed. If not treated this way, after every hard run the wound will re-open.

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Let the pad heal then put some coppertox on it. You can get it at the feed store in the horse section.

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Originally posted by Vance M.
Let the pad heal then put some coppertox on it. You can get it at the feed store in the horse section.

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We used to use the Koppertox.. but switched to Musher's Secret this winter... Like it hands down better then Koppertox.. Plus it doesn't leave your hands green or funny smelling Or at least not more funny smelling the normal

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I would be leery of putting Koppertox on a open pad just because the of the chemical copper naphthenate.

"The substance is toxic to central nervous system.The substance may be toxic to blood, kidneys, the
nervous system, peripheral nervous system. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce organ failure to target organs"

I always like to be safe then sorry

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Location: Wisconsin
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A big thank you to all your replys!

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