Elbow calluses & eye kisses

[MontananDakota]

Montana's got those elbow calluses & last night after our walk I walk into the bedroom to find blood on the bed. Flew back out to the kitchen to check on him to make sure it wasn't coming from his nose ( I knew it wasn't from Dakota -she wasn't in there...) He was drinking his water, stopped & came over to me. I start to look him over, discover its coming from his elbow callus & he proceeds to give me the biggest wettest kiss " Whas up Mommy?? Need some kisses? how about right...there yeah half your face & your EYE..there hos that??" with of course the biggest smile ever.
Anyway-what do ya do for bleeding clluses? It's stopped & dried now but I'm sure it's gonna start again with all his rolling around....which leads me to the next thing: I make the bed-he UNmakes the bed. Why do Labs do this? lol he makes me laugh every single day. Pulls thwe covers down & lays by the pillows. So funny. Dakota only does that kind of stuff when she's zooming around

[Scoutpout]

my old choc boy had them in a big way - he pretty much lived on concrete for the 1st 19 months of his life. I used to rub various skin-softening oinments into them to try and minimize them and keep them pliable. Bag Balm seemed to help, as did the Udder Cream (also sold up here as a hand cream, cow spots on a white tube or white jar, at TSC Tractor Supply)

[SunDance]

There's a cream made by Tomlyn called ProtectaPad....for paw pads and elbows. I used to use it on Brutus' elbows to keep them from cracking. It's not greasy and worked great.

[MikeLynn]

There was a long thread on this before the crash. Elbow calluses are nasty because it's next to impossible to protect them/cover them with a bandage of any kind: either it's too tight and limits or even stops blood circulation which, of course, is undesirable, or too loose and then it either rolls or slips down the leg. I spent quite some time dealing with this problem because of Lynn's bilateral hip dysplasia (she, not surprisingly, mostly relied on her front legs and elbows when lying down or standing up). It was fighting a losing battle and finally I ended up just trying to make the callus as soft and flexible as possible to prevent it from cracking open. You've got a few pretty good tips from SunDance and Scoutpout. I personally finally settled for common good-quality lard. It IS greasy, but if you gently but thoroughly rub it in, it's not too bad and it helps with the healing process. A friend of mine who's been an oncology nurse for years told me they use it for their patients after radiation to improve their skin condition because it's still better than most of the modern pharmaceutical wonders. I don't know, but it sure worked for us for more than a year. Good luck.

[Snowshoe]

Yeah, we have a nice stain at the top of our hardwood stairs where it needed some refinishing and the coconut oil on Oban's calluses rubbed off.

[POPTOP]

Mardi has the elbow calluses. I use bag balm in them to keep them as soft as possible. For right now, you might want to use a very thin coating of Neosporin and then transition to the bag balm. In a pinch, I've even used a thin coating of vasoline.

Know what you mean about the face licks - Archie can't hold his licker.

Archie is not allowed on the bed, doesn't mean he doesn't try. Last night he had a case of the zoomies and the bed was a total wreck. Got to wash the blanket cause he had just come in and I had watered the gardens. UGH!

[trueby]

So glad it wasn't a bloody nose, it's the first thing I check too. True has an elbow doing the same thing, I have been using coconut oil until I can pick up some bag balm this weekend. It seems people have good luck with it. I hope Montana is doing well otherwise.

[Maxx&Emma]

I suppose I am fortunate I have never had this problem. Bag Balm.has been helpful for dry, cracked paw pads in the winter months as has Mushers Secret. Hopefully one of these suggestions helps for you in this situation.