Ingrown Hair?

Has anyone ever seen an ingrown hair on their dog's paw/paw pad? I noticed that Bones's foot was inflamed this morning after we spent last night playing/running/getting rowdy in the yard. I assumed she'd gotten something stuck in her paw where the pad meets her hairline so I grabbed a pair of tweezers, laid her down, and discovered a black lump beneath her skin with a pin-prick head of something that was obviously foreign. A splinter, I thought-- but when I grabbed the tip of the intrusion, out sprouted... hair. Linty and white, and most likely her own; it was as if it the pore/follicle/whatever had been backed up for months, and perhaps last night's play time make it flare up from all the running/jumping/etc.

I got all that I could out, but her paw remains hot and red and she doesn't seem very excited about today.

Has this happened to anyone else's babe?

:lmt:
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Not on a foot but Sprocket gets a couple of hairs in the nose end corner of his eyes that grow into his eyes. I have to keep gently easing them away on daily clean untill they are long enough to trim off. He is very good and just lets me as I think he realises I am stopping the "nasty sore bit". He always had very mucky runny eyes. The vet did say at check up he could have them surgicly removed everytime they grow- I don't like anesthetic on sheepies, if I can avoid it I do.x
Luckily, Bones is the same way!

And to update, the paw in question's inflammation has completely dissipated; in fact, within hours of my excavating the pore(?), she became more active/seemed more comfortable and stopped licking the area. Still curious as to whether or not this has ever happened to anyone else. So weird!
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