Ouch! Tipper has been fighting a bare pad injury on and off for quite some time. He's always had seasonal allergy/yeast infections. In fact, it was steroids for the licking and limping that masked his tumor on his front leg in the first place. 

The licking and flare ups seem to coincide with low white blood cell counts lately. 

Anyway, vet gave us some wash/soak stuff. We have a spray too, but our favorite vet said that the spray might draw more attention to the area. 

I hate to cone of shame him, but I haven't been able to get a sock to stay on him. 

Any thoughts about boots? Right now, he's actually managing mostly on two legs, if you can believe that, when he goes outside. But he still has to put his wounded paw in the dirt a little bit. 

Might a boot serve a couple of purposes - keep him clean, provide extra anti-slip, and keep him from licking? I'm worried that even pressure from the sock might be painful. 

Has anyone tried plastic baggies just to keep foot clean outside?

With chemo, we can't do a steroid to speed things along. Vet says clean and dry is the only remedy, and he doesn't seem too worried. I just don't want him to add an injury while he's trying to hop on only two legs! 🙁