1. paint with venice turpentine. 2. stand him on styrofoam and draw an outline of his feet. cut them out, tape them on with duct tape.
it works. also, for some relief you can dig a hole where they have to stand, where they are tied, whatever, fill the hole with water and make goopy mud, add chipped ice until its just a thick goopy icebath. This is good for founder onset until the vet can get there... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo