It's cold out, obviously
And there is also still snow and ice on the ground.
The last few times I've taken Gavroche out to potty, he's gone out fine, did his thing, and then limps back in. He doesn't limp out, and once we get back in he's fine. Once it was one front leg, another time one back leg, and another time the front and back leg on the same side (yeah, that one didn't work out so well for him lol). I've check his feet, and his paws aren't cracked, they don't look frostbitten, and he doesn't have the irritation/cuts between his toes like he got last year. I tried doggie booties and they did squat...they won't even stay on all the way down the stairs...and he thinks he's an acrobat when they're on and attempts to walk down the stairs on his front legs while lifting both back legs into the air and onto the railing
I do have a generic version of Musher's secret, but it doesn't seem to be doing much.
How much of the paw wax am I supposed to put on? I've only been using a thin layer, maybe I'm not using enough. I have to cans of it; one can is separated so the top alyer is waxy and underneath that is a gritty layer. The can I'm curently using I mixed together so that the entire can is more like a sugar cookie dough consistency. Was I supposed to mix them together, or is the waxy layer all that I'm supposed to use?
I have cut his potty breaks to twice a day for now unless he tells me otherwise. He doesn't seem to miss the extra outings, and he hasn't had any accidents. He was content to lay in bed with me for 14 hours last night, and still didn't want to get up when I told him it's time to go out (he's not a morning dog by any means. Breakfast comes at noon for him
) He wears a sweater with his snuggie over it when we do go out (yeah, I bought him a Snuggie for dogs...it was cheap and warm and was the only thing at Petsmart that would fit him
) but he still shivers after only a couple minutes. He's not a fan of this cold weather thing either! I don't remember it ever getting this cold last year.
I suppose if he hadn't been washed out as an SD before, he would at the very least not be good for cold weather. Granted I'm not either, but sometimes I don't have a choice
I guess it's also possible that favoring a leg is his way of trying to keep his feet warm...he's not exactly a conventional thinker
