There are two threads on this, but...I can't find a definitive answer to the following question:
Of the following, which surface tends to create elbow callouses? Which would not? Carpet, wood, tile, the inside of a crate. Which is a good liner for the inside of a crate?
If your dog is over two years old and DOES NOT have elbow callouses, would you please PM me?
Thanks.
PS I have NEVER had a dog without elbow callouses...and I would like to.
Both my dogs are house dogs. One is twelve and the other is almost six. Neither currently have elbow callouses.
The flooring is mostly wood. One room is carpet. They have enough dog beds scattered around that when they lie down, they almost always have a bed to rest upon. When they spend time in the crate, I usually have a thick carpeted pad in the crate.
The younger dog did start to develop some callous earlier this year when he was spending a fair amount of crate time at the training club. I had just the plastic floor pan in the crate at that time.
I suspect the key is having a padded surface for resting.
My observations on my 3-year old GSD: Lots of crate travel/time = more callouses. More time in concrete kennel = more callouses.
Lately (due to kennel being the hurrican storage area <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> she has been on the screened porch (marble tile), in the house (ceramic tile and dog beds) and the grass lawn. Her callouses are almost gone.
She does lay on her side and also the 1/2 circle with her forelegs on the floor, mostly the half circle though.
She has never had extreme callouses, just areas with less fur. I contribute that to a raw diet.
The common factor for those that have dogs WITHOUT callouses is that their dogs lie on plush flooring (mostly thick pile carpeting), whether inside or outside a crate. The second most important thing seems to be the position the dog lies in...but that I can't really affect much.
I have always been kind of spartan (with my dog, ie), but as I have recently crossed the 40 yr old barrier, it's perhaps time to spoil my dog a bit.
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Elbow callouses
#87756 - 10/25/2005 05:36 PM 
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she has been on the screened porch (marble tile), in the house (ceramic tile and dog beds) and the grass lawn. Her callouses are almost gone. 
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