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SteelyDan
06-12-2014, 06:40 PM
Sorry if this is in the wrong section.... Im lookin to buy more of this and cant find it anywhere. Does anyone know where to get this or something close to it? Sorry about the plastic baggy its sticky stuff.
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Ingredients
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brokeback
06-12-2014, 07:03 PM
You might have found this steely, IDK, but what about this.....http://tuffoot.com/about/dog-paw-care
SteelyDan
06-12-2014, 07:09 PM
That stuff is pretty close in formula and i was thinking of trying it. thanks.
brokeback
06-12-2014, 07:16 PM
NP man, I'm going to try some out also.
brokeback
06-12-2014, 07:25 PM
$5 cheaper.....http://www.gundogsupply.com/7-95.html
Last time I got some of that stuff, I think it was from Fat Bill?
SteelyDan
06-13-2014, 05:24 AM
He turned me onto that tuf pad the first time SB.
Ok, the stuff he sent me I believe it came in a pepsi bottle?
Then I had to mix with a ratio of alcohol. Sticky sticky stuff, but it worked well.
S_B
Officially Retired
06-13-2014, 08:10 AM
77% alcohol? lol
Better than any of them (more of it too): Up-N-Running (http://www.naturesmagic.us/upnrunning.html)
http://tuffoot.com/component/hikashop/product/1-tuf-foot-8oz
Very similar to the one you have SteelyDan.
77% alcohol? lol
Better than any of them (more of it too): Up-N-Running (http://www.naturesmagic.us/upnrunning.html)
Jack,
Its hard to argue with 70 years of success with the Tuf-Foot/Tuf Pad ingredients.
I'd be will to test yours against it though. :D
Officially Retired
06-13-2014, 03:25 PM
Jack,
Its hard to argue with 70 years of success with the Tuf-Foot/Tuf Pad ingredients.
I'd be will to test yours against it though. :D
Success at sales is one thing; success at producing the best product possible is another.
70 years of selling 70% alcohol is not putting the best product possible.
You can test mine against it if you'd like; I will take that Pepsi Challenge any day 8)
Jack
A friend of mine were just talking about this yesterday. Back in the day, I mean way back in the day, his Pops had a gallon lard bucket filled with used motor oil, sulphur/sulfur and turpentine. It was to the consistency of oil based paint. We would walk the chain spots and dip each dogs foot in the bucket. All the dogs once a month and the dogs that were working a couple-three times per week.
I have never been all that sure how much it worked on the dogs but I know my boots were always water proof and my mom would freak at my clothes. It was quite the mess. Like that show Dirty Jobs. EWO
widerange
06-14-2014, 08:59 AM
I have used both tuf pad and jacks stuff. They are good and bad to both. It's really just what you like cause both produces work.
Officially Retired
06-14-2014, 09:07 AM
I have used both tuf pad and jacks stuff. They are good and bad to both. It's really just what you like cause both produces work.
What's the "bad" to mine?
The only thing "good" in that other product is the balsam (a derivative of pine, as is the turpentine like I use) and the aloe (which is soothing/healing).
The 70% alcohol is a joke.
Officially Retired
06-14-2014, 09:11 AM
A friend of mine were just talking about this yesterday. Back in the day, I mean way back in the day, his Pops had a gallon lard bucket filled with used motor oil, sulphur/sulfur and turpentine. It was to the consistency of oil based paint. We would walk the chain spots and dip each dogs foot in the bucket. All the dogs once a month and the dogs that were working a couple-three times per week.
I have never been all that sure how much it worked on the dogs but I know my boots were always water proof and my mom would freak at my clothes. It was quite the mess. Like that show Dirty Jobs. EWO
Yep, that would work (although the food-grade mineral oil I use isn't carcinogenic like the motor oil).
Back in the day, way back in the day also (:)), Jack Dempsey used to rub his face with pine tar (another derivative of pine) to toughen his face and lessen the likelihood of getting cut.
Jack
SteelyDan
06-14-2014, 09:36 AM
Jack, I believe the alcohol comes from the tincture of benzoin in the tuf pad. Also to suspend the styrex and aloe. I don't think it's there to do anything other than that. I may be wrong. Tincture of benzoin has been used for a long time for toughening skin, not just in dogs. Idk how laughable that is. More tried and true actually.
In my own layman's terms, I always thought the alcohol was the vehicle to get the other ingredients to absorb, as it evaporates upon application.
Officially Retired
06-14-2014, 10:50 AM
Jack, I believe the alcohol comes from the tincture of benzoin in the tuf pad. Also to suspend the styrex and aloe. I don't think it's there to do anything other than that. I may be wrong. Tincture of benzoin has been used for a long time for toughening skin, not just in dogs. Idk how laughable that is. More tried and true actually.
70% alcohol = 70% alcohol. And it's not more proven than turpentine.
I prefer the suspension in the non-caustic mineral oil and bees wax, which also allows it to stay on longer :idea:
But you have the right to pick and choose what you want.