... all-around athletes, and this bears remembrance throughout all activities and care. In this event, there was the situation with #26, Pike, and his injured foot, and there's also the case of #66, Billie, with his own taped foot. In Pike's case, there was a draining infection from an injury.
Billie managed to somehow slice the back portion of his pad clean off during training. Veterinary inspection recommended the area be wrapped during any strenuous exercise to allow it to granulate and heal back in.
Every time these dogs go into the field they risk bodily harm from factors we see and don't see, as well as things we recognize and others we perhaps should monitor quite closely.