HELP.

My Boxer girl has had op for interdigital cysts on both rear feet.
She's managed to flick off her bandage on one of her feet and the other
one looks like it's slipping now ARRGGHHH.
The vet nurse did say it looked like they were going to slip off. :rolleyes:

Anyhow I think I'm going to need some boots to protect her feet and to keep
her redone bandaging (she's in tomorrow to be re-dressed) clean, dry and on her feet.

Any ideas on which dog boots will be best for Boxer rear feet and that will stay on
and not 'flick' or slip off?
Oh and I'll need to know where I can get hold of them ASAP...

Tall order and sods law it always happens on a Sunday when most places are shut :rolleyes: :(
Thanks in advance

Hiya

Hope your girl gets better soon, have seen these when i searched dog boots on ask.com, dont know if any use for you, most uk places can deliver within 24 hours too,

http://www.petpassions.co.uk/Mikki-Dog-Boot-Size-3-p-497.html

Chrissy

I have these boots from country mun the black knee high standardhttp://www.countrymun.com/mall/boots.asp

as an emergency you could use a sock and tape the top to keep it on!

What about vetwrap over the top?? I use it to keep poultices on the horses and swear by it!! You can buy that at any saddlers so would be easy to get hold of and if it can stand up to being on a horse should do with a dog?

Not sure if it will be any use just an idea!!:-D

It's vet wrap that's over the bandaging. It's bright green, we did have pink with blue love hearts earlier
in the week...:rolleyes:
Not sure if it's because she's moulting or what that's causing her the problems
with the bandaging.
Then then have the really sticky elastoplast stuff at top of the bandage & vet wrap but that
doesn't stop them slipping or being flicked off :(

Thanks for all the ideas keep them coming!

my friend ordered some from here on Friday. She rang them to say she needed them asap (her rottie has an open wound on his paw and she's been told to keep it covered and dry if out and about), and they sent them yesterday. Not sure who they're being sent by, but if its next day, they should (hopefully) be here tomorrow. In the meantime she's improvised with an old thick bag, and straps it up with gaffer tape!!

Bought some from this company for Tara when she had her paw problems - have to say that they didn't stay on very well. OK - she did have major problems and I probably didn't put them on as tight as they might have gone, but didn't want to hurt the paw :( Also it was very difficult estimating what size her leg/paw was going to be when the bandages came off :(

Daisy

those boots look really good munkeemojo, similar to the countrymun ones but look much tougher (my boy has gone through 3 countrymun ones so far :rolleyes: )  might be being thick but I cant find any prices on the website ?

these are the prices :)

Ask your vet to give you an empty one litre drip bag.  Cut the end off and make a slit half way down the middle to ease insertion of the paw.  Make holes either side of the slit such that you can thread a boot lace through and bob's yours......one waterproof boot that is virtually indestructable.  Make sure that you have the paw wrapped in a good layer of gamgee to dissipate any pressure from the shoe lace......so, dressing, gamgee, vetwrap then boot.  Then just tape over the ends of the lace once you have tied a double bow.  

It was the drip bags that I think caused the problems :rolleyes:
She kept flicking her paws and thats what really caused the bandages to loosen
and eventually 'flicked' off.
She didn't like the sound of the bags nor the feel when walking.
Other than that she's been ace with her bandages :)

Thanks though

You can also get boots here and they usually turn orders around very quickly.
You will need to tape boots on very securely to keep them on.

Helen

After stitches in his rear paw our dog came out of the vets with a drip bag tied over the bandage. I bought Walker dog boots & he wore one for quite a few weeks afterwards on our walks. It did stay on & he didn't seem to mind it too much.

I wonder if boots stay on better on rear paws ??? Just wondering as Tara's bad paw is a front paw and, apart from tying the boot on very tightly (which would not be good for her injury) we couldn't get it to stay on for longer than a couple of minutes :)

Daisy

I use boots when arriving  at dog shows mainly when the weather is dreadful to keep my girls feet and legs clean (beardies have very long hair on F&L)
but I also used one of the boots when one of my girls had a nail removed I know what you mean about not being able to fix it tight  to stay on so I used a mans thick sports sock over the bandage then put the boot on this filled out the boot and it practically stayed on by itself!

Roni