The FDA and veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker agree that cleaning your dog's paws with hand sanitizer can be dangerous since it can dry out the foot pads and leads to painful cracks.

But my dog does 'shake a paw' by having me put a foot out and he puts his little paw on top of my foot. I bet if I did this same activity with my dog using feet instead of hands, I’d get a ...