steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006
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Hey Jessica, When Andy first started to get a callus on his elbow it was just a little raw, not that dry look. So of course he licked it and made it that much worse so I wrapped it to keep him from doing anymore damage not really to provide any padding.Once they healed I quit wrapping and just put Tea tree oil to keep him from going back to licking.
The calluses come from friction so they can get them from tile,carpet, or any hard surface. Bag Balm, or creams they sell for pads help but the only thing that really works is a soft enough surface. Andy's elbows arent too bad probably because he sleeps in his crate so he's on foam pads. Our first Rott though would sleep on bricks or tile as his first choice. His elbows looked terrible but he made it to almost thirteen and didnt look like he had even the slightest bit of joint stiffness. He and our Lab both had those sacks at one time or another and they just healed up and pretty much went away on their own. They werent bleeding or infected or anything so I never went to the vet.
Thanks guys . Both encouraging and discouraging. The sack is still there after a year, but nobody notices it except me. It is about ¾” diameter and is soft, pliable and dark. No licking or rawness. His calluses are minimal, and also relatively soft, but it would have been great if there were a way to reduce them even more from a purly cosmetic stand point. Hips and elbows are great.
This stupid dog will lay in front of his bed to be on the hard wood, and if he is put “on” the bed, he will inch his way so part of himself is off. Dumb dog.
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From my limited reading on the subject, at this site http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1592&articleid=2861 , taping the area was not recommended because of the pressure put on the hygroma (unlike taping for a callous). A hygroma sounds a lot like a ganglion cyst that sometimes develops near a joint on a human hand. With a ganglion, even if it goes down it can come back, I assume because once the "balloon" has formed where the fluid leaks into, it's always there.
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After reading this thread, I decided not to have Lear "platz" on a hard floor. The platz is when he goes down hard and fast, versus the down which is (usually) slower and more relaxed. I always worried about him throwing himself down quickly on his elbows like that. So platz only on the grass now.
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. Both encouraging and discouraging. The sack is still there after a year, but nobody notices it except me. It is about ¾” diameter and is soft, pliable and dark. No licking or rawness. His calluses are minimal, and also relatively soft, but it would have been great if there were a way to reduce them even more from a purly cosmetic stand point. Hips and elbows are great.
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