Paw grip?

Does anyone know of something to help on traction? Sca sometimes slips on the box during turns. I think I know why (taped places) but think he would have more confidence with more traction ;-)

 

Not 100% sure if the groomers still are. I tell them not to trim his hair but at one time they were doing paws. He doesn't have grinch foot though. Of course he might need it more than once a month. I just figured out what he was doing by reviewing some slow motion video this morning. He slips on tape though the rest of the team does not.

 

So status so far:
Rosin picked up a bunch of debris on the team captains Malumute when she tried it
Sca has some excess fur between his pads now. I checked with the groomers and as expected they do pad fur. I am going to check the video date vs last grooming. It might be that he is fine at tournaments but over time it grows out so he is picking up his bad habits at practice.
Nails are short and maybe we need to progressively let them get a bit longer
Checked other video and no other dog is slipping. Though Sca is the fuzziest on the team

Still pondering things but I think if we can get this sorted Sca will drop time plus a swimmers turn is better for his bones.

 

So after Sca slowed again the last race I was VERY concerned and brought him by the vet who said everything was great. Next step was by the chiropractor and I was hoping she found something (small). Well Mr Coimhead was all out despite the fact you could check him everywhere with zero complaint

In doc speak Cervical: APL, TMJ Thoracolumbar: L3-L6 PR Sacropelvic: PI left Extremity: all digits, right metacarpals, right glenohumerol joint, right lateral shoulder.

So a lot of his slipping was likely him not pushing off since his toes were out of wack. The strange thing is with that much out of adjustment he still insisted on frisbee and launched to get it.

After getting adjusted the dr suggested some mild exercise that night to set things. She said like frisbee I had to tell her frisbee is a contact sport at our house. Sca is definetely more bouncy though it was not like he was unhappy before. I think he has slowly been building injuries with no complaint until the combination finally slowed him down. All with zero grumping of complaint of course

He is cleared for practice tonight and I want to video his turn to see the difference. No tournaments until September though I expect a 5 second Sca that is going wild again Who knows if he gets to crazy I might give in to Spitfire and let him in Sca's crate

 

She says I should stretch his toes before he runs. So pull out and down.

It is a wonder he ran at all though as he had a sore shoulder, rump and toes. Yet would launch to catch the Frisbee and run with spitfire like nothing was hurting

Oh and both are on less food as of tonight so there should be some rumblings of rebellion heard all the way over there