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Topic Dog Boards / Health / Nettle Stings
- By oz [gb] Date 09.04.08 10:20 UTC
We try to avoid them but my new pup sometimes walks through nettles and stings his paws. He then spends a lot of time at home biting and licking his paws and complaining.

Is there anything I can dip his paws in to sooth it for him?
- By clio1 [gb] Date 09.04.08 11:29 UTC
I give a childs dose of piriton. 
- By Hamster [gb] Date 09.04.08 20:05 UTC
my last golden ran through a massive nettle patch and went crazy, rolling around desperately on the grass. Rang the vet and he said to give her pititon too. If you go on search on champdogs somebody posted the dosage for different weights of dog.
- By HoundHam [gb] Date 09.04.08 20:14 UTC
Hi,

Bless.... they do get immune to the stings..or learn to avoid them! ;-)

Reagrds
Pam
- By skyblue22 [gb] Date 12.04.08 21:02 UTC
Try rubbing his paws with Dockleaves...old country remedy!
- By Oldilocks [se] Date 12.04.08 21:22 UTC
Bicarbonate of soda made into a paste and applied to the sting.....works for humans too!!  :)
- By mastifflover Date 12.04.08 22:20 UTC

> Try rubbing his paws with Dockleaves...old country remedy!


lol, I remember that one :) It works best if you break the veins in the dock leaf.
- By Spender Date 12.04.08 22:53 UTC

> Try rubbing his paws with Dockleaves...old country remedy!


I remember that one too; as a kid I was always getting stung by nettles.  Dock leaves grow quite close to nettles.   We would scrunch them up so the moisture would come out and rub them on the sting.
Topic Dog Boards / Health / Nettle Stings

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