Hard on a dog's paws

This dog park has a lot of pluses, however it is covered with pea gravel, not grass. That gravel is so hard on my border collie's paws that twice he has torn the pads and has had to go to the vet to have his wounded paws cared for and bandaged. In addition to the pain he has endured recovering, these incidents have cost me several hundred dollars, all told. We won't be going back.

Jul. 14, 2018