bgtme
if you are willing try tea tree oil,i get mine at a drugstore but wal mart sells it where the vitamins are.
i have had a female who's pad split open every year from the snow/ice crust.if she gets hunted twice a week i garantee she wont make it a third time out in a week.
i usually just apply it with a cue tip straight from the bottle/twice a day/maybe three.
she will heal up within three/four days and can get out every weekend,but she keeps cutting it.
must be an anomaly or genetic problem,only happens to this one dog while my others have no problems and they walk on carpet year round.
also i suggest sulphur.either somethign for a rose garden mixed with water into a paste or just something like happy jacks mange medicine,place generously on the pad.this seems to cure alot of skin related problems i run into
here are a few from another site,these are good knowlegable guys,been into beagles for years.
1.Soak you some walnut hulls in a bucket of creek water till it starts to look like coffee. Then drain the water off in a tub and stand the hound in the water with it's feet covered by the water for about 10 minutes 2X a day. Pads are slow to heal but this will toughen them up with conditioning.
Epsom salt water will draw and heal cuts and sores.
2.Pad Cote , at tractor supply , my lab has the same problem once in a while , that stuff is the only thing that worked for us
3.get pink ointment.. they use it for sled hounds that get there feet cut up... ive used it it is a miracle drug...
i am sure there are hundreds more.
another thing i was told is a pad that dont heal completely has a infection,treat with antibitic.fish flex is cephalexin and no perscription is needed for it