Should I oil my dog's pads?
Kasey Stanton
2025-10-08 20:57:41
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Apply a high-quality paw care product to each of your dog’s paw pads before the walk.
This creates a protective layer that keeps the sensitive paw pads safe from external influences such as salt and snow.
It is recommended to apply another thin layer of paw care to the pads, especially if the dog’s paws are stressed, rough and/or cracked.
Natural, fatty substances such as coconut oil or deer tallow are therefore more suitable.
They also form a reliable protective layer around the paw pads, but are completely harmless to health if the dog actually licks off the paw care.
We recommend our LILA LOVES IT paw care – a soothing and purely natural care product with coconut oil, lavender, calendula and beeswax.
Vaseline – and by the way also the very “natural” sounding milking fat are so-called mineral oils, i.e. by-products of petroleum production.
They can be potentially harmful to health and should therefore not be ingested by dogs.
Another problem with petroleum jelly and milking fat is that the substances clog the pores and prevent the skin from breathing naturally.
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