Do you trim the fur between your dog's pads?

[wolf_Q]

Jo's fur was really long..so I cut it 2 weeks ago..ish. And it's already growing out! I never even thought about it much till I went to Amy's...haha! Nebo is SO perfect..like nails, fur, teeth.... so inspiring.

LOL that's what being a groomer does to you... Yeah, I'm a bit obsessive about Nebo's feet, it drives me insane if he has lots of fur sticking between his toes. I shave around the pads and also even trim around the outside edges and on the back of the leg up to the other pad (I always forget what that's called).

I shave around the pads of Reggie and Sydney when I groom them too.

The fur on the undersides of husky paws helps them have better traction across ice.

I have heard that before, but I've more noticed dogs with lots of fur just get snow and ice stuck between in their paws...I don't see how that could help them. But I'm not a musher either. I've never let Nebo's grow out long enough to notice any difference.

p.s. photo attached of Nebo's feet lol I groomed him yesterday...I do it really short so it will take longer to grow out, it looks better when it's not quite this short.

[wolfsoul]

Yes, Visa gets her feet trimmed once a week. We usually do it Saturdays, but we didn't get to do it last Saturday, so I'll have to bring her to work tomorrow and get 'er done (even though Tuesdays are her day off ).

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I trim both Bitsy's and Nova's feet every time I cut their nails.
Charlie, Buster, and Nacey don't ever need that done.

[wolfie]

No, Daphne's a natural pup.

[k9krazee]

Nope, Micki, Mini and Kyra have no hair between their toes, once I start agility with Jack I will but I really have no reason to right now and I have thought about it with Shadow but have never actually done it...

[lv4dogs]

I never thought about shaving the hair though. You'd have to cut it less often. Maybe I'll try that next time. I have a nice pair of dog clippers that I've only used once or twice. lol

[.sarah]

I never thought about shaving the hair though. You'd have to cut it less often. Maybe I'll try that next time. I have a nice pair of dog clippers that I've only used once or twice. lol

I used to use clippers also, but it was such a pain. I saw this when I went to PetCo one day and it works so well! I was very surprised that Mandy wasn't afraid of it, either.

[Glacier]

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I have heard that before, but I've more noticed dogs with lots of fur just get snow and ice stuck between in their paws...I don't see how that could help them. But I'm not a musher either.

For most of mine I don't trim the fur. I used to have to trim Hoodoo's paws. He had longer hair than most sibes and he had would get huge ice balls in his paws.