Slippery Paws

[Eleanor]

Invisible Dog Boots Wax-Based Cream Mushers.  Anybody ever use this.  My 10 month old, Faye runs around like a nut and slipped on the tile last week.  She hurt her leg.  It's getting better but she can not seem to get any traction on the tile floors.  I saw this product and decided to give it a try.  It hasn't arrived yet but I was curious if any one else has tried it. It's suppose to make their paws a bit sticky to get some traction on tile or wood floors.  It's not harmful for the dog or for the floors.  I open to suggestions.  I am so worried she'll hurt herself again that I keep her in her cage or on a leash next to me when I am home. 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Another option for you might be to place rubber backed (like bathroom) rugs so that Faye can go from rug to rug. This would be more of a temporary fix until she matures a bit more and figures out to walk more carefully on slick floors.

[Eleanor]

That would be a great idea if she were confined to one area.  The entire house is tile.  I am wondering, though if maybe I am softening her pads by wiping them with baby wipes each time she comes in from a walk at the park. 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Cheap hall runners from Wallmart?????

[Julie and Charlie]

Charlie tends to lose traction when the fur between his paw pads grows a little long. I just make sure that it's trimmed and that seems to help. Most rugs in the house have rubber backs. I made the mistake of purchasing A rug to go at the foot of the stairs with no backing.... Charlie slipped and subsequently refused to go up or down the stairs until I reinforced it with a base webbing. Even now he's pretty careful around it.