Summer paw care for dogs deserves just as much attention as winter paw care. Salt, ice, and cracked pads are easy to picture, but summer brings its own risks, and hot pavement can injure a dog’s paws in under a minute. Hot pavement, dry sand, and chlorinated pool water can all take a toll on […]
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Alberta winters are a different animal from winter almost anywhere else in the country, thanks to a mix of extreme cold snaps, sudden chinook thaws, and the heavy municipal salting that keeps roads and sidewalks passable through it all. For dog owners, the reality of road salt dog paws Alberta winters create is a specific,
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Canadian winters ask a lot of a dog’s paws. Between road salt, ice, and stretches of extreme cold, the ground your dog walks on for a few months of the year is a completely different environment than the sidewalks and trails of spring and summer. Most owners know winter is hard on paws in a
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What Road Salt Actually Does to Paw Pads Road salt damages dog paws in three ways: The damage is cumulative. A single salted walk won’t destroy healthy paws, but repeated exposure over a five-month Alberta winter absolutely will. Salt Toxicity When Dogs Lick Their Paws Can road salt make my dog sick? Yes. When dogs
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Canadian winters are beautiful — but they’re brutal on your dog’s paws. From the prairie freezes of Alberta to the wet, salty streets of southern Ontario, winter throws a gauntlet of hazards at your dog’s feet every single day. Road salt. Freezing pavement. Crusted ice balls between toes. Cracked, bleeding pads. If you’ve ever watched
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