Well, I've just had my first injury to my puppy. We had some workers here today to fix damage from a slab leak. I left the front gate and the gate to the front yard open so the workers could get in. The three dogs were in another gated area to keep them out of everyone's way. When the workers left I went to bring the dogs inside. I forgot that I left the gate open so the workers could get to the front door. The rescue Weim saw the open gate before I did and made a mad dash out the gate, out through the front gate, and down the asphalt road in front of the house. Of course, the puppy and the blue heeler were in hot pursuit. I jumped in the truck and caught them at the end of the road. I got the puppy and the blue heeler in the truck. When I got home to unload them I saw blood on the car seat where the puppy was. It turns out that he tore one of the pads on his front paw. There is a big flap of skin almost like it was cut. There isn't a lot of blood and I tried to clean the wound as best I could. My wife's out of town and it's hard to hold that puppy and try to doctor him at the same time. So . . . what do I need to do to treat this torn pad? Thanks for your help.

This happens almost every time my GSP runs on pavement, and sometimes when he runs on gravel. I honestly don't do much to it. I clean it out good and pour some hydrogen peroxide on it, then just keep him in lock down (i.e. the back yard or in the house) until he quits limping around.

I don't know if GSP's have less durable pads than other breeds, or if they just have a lot of force when taking off, but I've never had this problem with any of my other dogs, but it has happened to my GSP a half dozen times or so.