Boots are In! Collars are out!
If you have ever been to the vet for paw or leg wounds, you will know that most of the time you are sent home with a neatly wrapped bandage or even worse a cast or splint and an uncomfortable and hideous Elizabethan collar to prevent your dog from interfering with the wound. Your dog walks into walls or your shins, slobbers in the collar and lets you know by barking or whining that the hot and uncomfortable collar has to go! Finally, someone has thought of an answer!
Vet wrapping versus Vetgood
Vetgood Protective Waterproof Dog Boots
We are delighted to distribute the Vetgood line of boots for wound care! These lightweight and durable protective boots cover all types of wounds and have so many benefits to us the pet owner. First, you can get rid of the Elizabethan collar-hooray! Second, you can protect the wound not only indoors, but also outdoors allowing your pet to get the much-needed exercise to heal and to resume his normal routine even with the bandage, cast, etc. And finally, it reduces the number of times you need to return to the vet clinic to get a bandage re-wrapped or re-casted which is so inconvenient for you and a real relief for your dog!
Vetgood offer a wide range of sizes in their protective boots
So which boot do you need? (See the chart below to choose the right one for your pet.)
The Vetgood Extreme Dog Boot
If they have a cast or splint or a bandaged wound that will last more than 2 weeks? You need the Extreme boot with the durable, moulded bottom.
Vetgood Extreme Protective Veterinary Dog Boots
The Vetgood Basic Dog Boot
If they have a soft bandage then you need the Basic boot.
Vetgood Basic Protective Veterinary Dog Boots
The Vetgood Slim Dog Boot
There is even a boot for open wounds that have no bandages – perfect for hot spots or lick granulomas – lined in a soft bamboo and nanosilver fabric that has antimicrobial properties to promote healing.
Vetgood Protective Slim Veterinary Dog Boots
So stop struggling with the E-collar. Boots are in!
How to size your Vetgood boots
Tested by Daisy!
But we use Vetgood boots as we find they are great protection for Daisy’s delicate paws, whether she’s being carried in her harness or out and about in her wheelchair.
Daisy shows us a clean pair of heels in her super smart Vetgood Slim Boots.
clickers now available can be confusing. They come in all shapes and sizes, have different sounds and there are a variety of different attachments that can be used with them.
Shaped like a small rectangular box with a metal tongue. This is probably what some may call the original clicker. You hold it in your hand and depress the metal plate with your thumb. It gives a lovely, clear and loud click which is its big plus point. However, there are some minuses. It’s not very ergonomic, so doesn’t fit in your hand comfortably, only one end of the metal plate moves so you have to ensure you are holding it correctly as it’s very easy to miss that perfect moment. Excellent for use outdoors or in a noisy environment, it comes in a wide range of colours and usually has a small tab on the end so you can attach it to a wrist coil or lanyard.
and crisper than the i-Click, but not quite as loud as the box clicker. It is a tear-drop shape and fits comfortably into the hand. Again, attachments can be used with this clicker.
An ergonomically designed push button clicker, with wrist coil and detachable strap. It has a more muted sound than all of the other clickers, but is still perfectly audible to your dog and may be more suitable for sound sensitive animals. Probably best used in a quieter environment.
finger band, it also comes complete with a neck lanyard and training guide written by professional behaviourist Claire Arrowsmith. It feels robust and has a good loud click.
The WhizzClick is unique in that is combines both a clicker and whistle in one device. It has a flat plastic button which can only be depressed at one end, so, rather like the box clicker, you have to ensure it is the correct way round before clicking. With the built in whistle it does offer additional training options. Comes complete with a wrist attachment and training guide. Developed by Stephen King.
This little gem looks deceptively unexciting at first glance, but one throw and its true potential is revealed. Not only does it fly effortlessly through the air, but if you hold it vertically when you throw it rather than flat, on landing it continues to roll at a rapid pace. Everything Daisy looks for in a chase toy!
It is also incredibly durable. Daisy has been hunting this toy daily for several months now, and there is barely a mark on it. She’s not a chewer but she does like to clamp her jaws onto it as she brings it back, and it has lived to tell the tale almost unscathed.
Although tugging isn’t really Daisy’s thing, she does tend to engage if she thinks the game is about to end. The Bionic Toss n Tug has retained its shape perfectly throughout these encounters.
