{"id":13726,"date":"2020-03-30T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=13726"},"modified":"2020-03-30T10:30:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:30:44","slug":"column-ask-the-vet-with-dr-juanita-ashton-elmsdale-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=13726","title":{"rendered":"COLUMN: Ask the Vet with Dr. Juanita Ashton, Elmsdale Vet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jessica  Bennett: How  do we heal rough pads on our dog&#8217;s paws? Is it normal for dogs to get rough pads in winter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Juanita:<\/strong> Thanks\u00a0Jessica  for the great question! Many pet parents have this question during the  winter months. Dry pads can happen during the winter months for a number  of reasons. The snow, ice and cold ground are common in the winter,  exposure to these elements along with salt on  the pavement can lead to dry rough pads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often see success with a  product called BioBalm made by Dermoscent. It is made out of a blend of  plant oils and you can order it online or at your vet. There are  however, numerous other illnesses and skin disorders  that could be afflicting some pets who have dry rough pads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It always  good to get things checked by your vet.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logos_Ads\/ColumnContributorAds\/askthevet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13632\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Alicia  Doucette Brightman: Can  our pets get covid19. They say it can&#8217;t be transferred from pet to human but I question it. I have been trying my hardest to keep my cats  inside there sneaky though.<br \/><strong><br \/>Dr. Juanita:<\/strong> There  is no evidence we have so far that says pets can infect us humans with  COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pets can however, carry the virus on their fur possibly if a  COVID positive person had sneezed or coughed some virus particles on  their coat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not yet known how long the  virus could possibly stay on the hair coat or what the virus can do to  cats and dogs if they ingest it. More research is currently underway. In  the meantime, do your best to try to keep your kitty inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, if  you become COVID positive, keep your distance  from your pet as best you can, again, in case your pet carries the  virus on their coat and someone else touches them and gets infected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great question! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> [adrotate banner=&#8221;24&#8243;] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Bennett: How do we heal rough pads on our dog&#8217;s paws? Is it normal for dogs to get rough pads in winter? Dr. Juanita: Thanks\u00a0Jessica for the great question! Many pet parents have this question during the winter months. Dry pads can happen during the winter months for a number of reasons. The snow, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,965,12],"tags":[196,986,987],"class_list":["post-13726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-elmsdale-animal-hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}