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9:02 am
17 September 2009
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Hi there,
My Briard, Eva, has been a tripawd now for about three months. She's almost 10 years old, acts like a puppy, and can still run around in the park. She'd had a series of major issues with the leg that ended up developing the tumour, starting with a complete break and severing of bones/sinews/nerves when she ran into a park bench at age 1. Ever since then she's had various infections and complications, pretty much regularly every year or two, which would make her periodically lame. She was up and walking right after waking up from the amputation, and has never had any trouble with stairs, jumping into the car etc. I think having been a relative tripawd for so long really helped her adapt!
However, most of our floors are wood or tile, and she has a hard time bracing herself against the slippery floor. She's missing her front left leg - I want to get her a boot with a non-slip bottom for her to wear on the other front paw so she can push herself up. Any recommendations/reviews of good websites or specific products? I'd try and make one but I can't sew, and I'm not very inventive!
She's a big girl - 100 pounds pre amp, 85 pounds after!
10:51 am
Hello,
I'm no help on a bootie recommendation but..
I have one of the smallest tripawds, Maggie, who is now under 17 lbs. She has a left rear amp. Recently she has had some slipping trouble that she didn't seem to have before, on the tile floors and the Trex deck in the back yard. I though about a bootie but she WILL NOT wear anything- she barely tolerates her harness.
A friend suggested I trim the fur around her toes and between her pads- what a huge difference! I have also started using Musher's Secret on her feet. It is usually used to keep ice balls from forming between the toes, but I find it makes her pads more supple, less dry, so I think she has better traction on our tile floors.
I feel a little silly recommending Musher's Secret since I live in California and today it is supposed to be about 65… but whatever works
Karen and the pug girls
12:53 pm
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25 September 2009
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Hi Eva & Mom, thanks so much for joining us here and showing the world that giant breed pups can make excellent Tripawds!
Our biggest recommendation is to get carpeted runners and place them in your dog's most well-worn paths around the house. But we also understand that this might not be do-able for a lot of people, and that's where paw wax and booties come in handy. The only drawback with booties is that you'd have to leave them on all the time, if Eva would allow it.
You can see what other people have said about different Tripawd paw products and slippery floors, by clicking on the topic tags we hae embedded within your discussion. Just look for the little boxes listed above and below comments, and click on "booties" "paw wax" "slippery floors". Hope this helps!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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3:53 pm
17 September 2009
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Does the skyliner boot have a flexible rubber or non-slip sole? I don't want something really tough or clunky - if she clops when she walks she'll probably not want to walk! I'm not worried about her pulling it off - she's had a million casts and slings and bandages and incisions and never fusses with any of them. I don't need it for outside - just in the house. There's no way I can put carpets down everywhere, and she insists on following me from room to room. Luckily my stairs are carpeted. For some reason her difficulty in getting up seems to be getting worse. The front leg is her main bracer for pushing herself up, so I'd like to experiment with just using a boot on that one and see if it helps.
4:52 pm
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25 September 2009
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The Skyliner's soles are definitely more flexible than the Grip Trex.
In a few weeks we'll feature both in our Tripawds Gear blog, but meanwhile if you'd like pricing on a single bootie or all four, let us know, we love Ruffwear!
Good luck with Eva. Can't wait to see more photos of this pretty girl.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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7:16 pm
17 September 2009
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Yes, I'd definitely like some pricing info on the single Skyliner! What's shipping like? I live in Ontario.
We've got two Briards, Eva and Lily, each almost 10. They actually both have cancer – Eva of course has OS, with amputation and three courses of chemo, and Lily has had three extremely major surgeries to remove cancerous mast cell tumours in the past year. Luckily they got clear margins on all of them so we didn't have to do radiation or chemo for her, although I just found another lump yesterday – never trust that a lump is just a lipoma! We're very lucky in that we live about 20 minutes from Guelph and the OVC. A couple months ago they both became ambassadors for the OVC's Canine Cancer research program. Not only are they funding ambassadors, they're also models of "life after a cancer diagnosis" – to make it easier for people to realize that you can fight cancer in dogs, and that its not "cruel" to do so. They made a little video, and did a photoshoot with a professional, which was lovely as Eva doesn't usually photograph that well – too much hair! Unfortunately they put in too much of my mum being interviewed, and too little of the dogs, but we're working on a more dog-centric version 
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