Does anyone use booties for their dogs? Any recommendations? I have had a look at some websites and I understand how important it is to get breathable booties for warm weather.
No I don't, sorry, but feel obligated to point out rule 45.6A subclause 4 that states that any member who puts boots on their dog must supply photographic and/or video evidence to the forum. Sorry to be a bore, but rulez iz rulez.
And I do believe that annex 253b point 4.1 says evidence of the process of getting all four boots on aforementioned dog must be shown as a video, and all naughty exclamations made whilst putiing boots on must not be edited out
He He - us lot aren't very helpful! I guess it can be a challenge. I know Lilly HATED it when we tried a boot to protect her paw when injured. If this is to allow walking on hot surfaces, Angela might have an idea once she has got back from swanning around the UK with @Dexter And I think @Snowshoe uses boots for cold weather (or it might have been one of our Scandi members? ) I think it needs a bit of training.......
You guys are so funny But to be honest, if the shoe was on the other foot (I am SO funny) I would be asking for footage (there is no end to this) too. What happened is that we have walked Harls and the tar has been hot. It does get warm here. But mostly a couple of the walking/play areas we have taken her to have things called devil thorns that are very horrid and painful to dogs (and people). Also a fear we have is that a piece may break off in her paw.
Hmm, my goodness they do look nasty. No wonder you want to protect her. Are they every where you go or can you avoid them. Sorry I don't have any experience of using them, but I hope you can find some suitable ones.
@selina27 They are horrid things and unfortunately the devil thorn plant is kind of a ground creeper so it is in and amoung grass and veld. On the weekend, at the dog park she picked up a number of them. We decided that considering we have had problems with them in a number of areas maybe it is time to get booties. So she will be on grass like this (above) and pick them up. You don't know they are there until you get hurt.
Over here there are firedogs who are trained to find sources of fires. They wear protective boots and I know the military use them. they are working in glass and explosion sites and other dangerous terrain.Id try the security working dogs websites you might the perfect thing to stop her getting hurt Theres a lot of fasinating weird stuff on these sites too. see no foot jokes.
Oh my goodness , that looks evil @Harley Quinn I don't blame you for trying to find some protection x
We have some boots - I bought them because Lucky injured his paw and it was bandaged so not supposed to get wet. The boots didn't fit over his bandage, so we just had to make do with a plastic bag. I actually think the boots would be too small for him even without the bandage. I bought medium which was recommended for a collie size dog - but they are a bit too small for him. They are sitting in the pile of never returned things! So, I'd recommend finding a pet shop that stocks them so you can try them on Harley, and also get an idea of how thick/strong the material is.
Ouchie! Ruffwear have a good reputation Such as these..... https://www.amazon.com/Ruffwear-Gri...&linkId=688528e01be6baa0c99f2bacf016a45c&th=1 The ones for rough terrain are probably what you need, but might be worth trying some cheaper ones first as Harley may not get to grips with them ()
There are sone called summer booties made for dogs in hot weather but give protection from sharp rocks. www.alldogboots.com
Brogan used the Ruffwear ones. It is to my everlasting regret that I don't have any photos of him wearing the darn things, so I don't meet @snowbunny 's criteria. You're just going to have to go on faith that he DID wear them. He rarely wore all four of them at once, but I first used them when he cut the pad on front foot and it took forever to heal and then as he was older and dragged his back legs a bit due to the spondylosis, the boots were a lifesaver. He wore his with little socks (also from Ruffwear) and they never even thought about coming off and he could wear them all day.
No, not me. But friend put them on her dog and they were very slippery in snow. Wow, those thorns look awful.
We get them here, and they hurt and worst when they break off. Only thing that worked for us was to stay away from certain areas, which also after a while makes outings a bit bland at times...but hey ho We did try some boots last year when she hurt her paw. Lasted all of 2 seconds, there was a look of shock and the frantic pulling...
We have used them in the past, on snow or sharp rocks. We did it mostly to be sure they would wear booties if they needed them because of an injury. All the dogs tolerated them pretty well when they were outside moving. The trick was to take them out walking as soon as we put them on. If we put them on in the house and let the dogs sit around, they would chew them back off, but if they started walking they got used to them. When we first put them on, they walked funny, lifting their feet up very high, but quickly went to a pretty normal gait.
