My first set of dog booties. The reason I got them is because I took him to a dog park with deep gravel, and he tore up all his pads and was laid up for a week. Imagine a two-year-old border collie laid up. It means he was in serious pain!
Reading all these reviews and talking to friends guided my expectations as well as how I tried out these booties. Also, I read reviews on booties for actual mushing dogs, and it sounds like:
a) They can fall off if not strapped on tight;
B) They do wear out, especially if you're running/walking your dog a lot. (One musher dude said he brings like 3,000 dog booties with him on the Iditarod). So if you're walking your dog in them every single day, expect them to wear out fairly quickly.
C) I heard from a friend that her dogs' paws swelled up after wearing them, so I watched for this.
D) Be sure you clip all your dogs nails, including dew claws! Or else they rub and hurt your dog (blood!) and tear through the booties
So - got the booties - put em on the dog, and let him play around our house. Immediately one fell off. Called him back, strapped em on a bit tighter, pulling on them to make sure they wouldn't slide off, and set him free again. It's adorable the first time, by the way. The feel so weird to them, that they high-step around like a clydesdale, clopping around the house. We left them on him for ~30 minutes, throwing the ball around. They stayed on. He didn't mind them. No swollen paws.
Next night: it snowed! So we let him out in the snow. He played for ~45 mins around our yard, bounding through the snow. Chased us on the sled, bounded after a tennis ball. Booties stayed on. No swelling.
Next day: More snow! Took him outside and played dog snow frisbee for about an hour. Also played shovel-the-front-path-and-throw-all-the-snow-in-dog's-face. He loved it. Was adorable in his booties. None fell off. No swelling.
Yesterday: Played some more just around the house. Noticed a little blood in the snow, and he kept lifting up his right paw as though to lick it. Got inside, checked the paw.... his dew claw was too long, and it rubbed and rubbed on the bootie till it bled. So we clipped all his nails short, including dew claw.
Today: Still trying the booties out to make sure they don''t hurt him and we don't screw anything up. Took him on a 15 minute walk + 30 mins of snow frisbee. One bootie fell off because I did not strap it on tight enough. Put it back on, strapped tighter, oilá! No problems.
At this point, I think they are great and do their job. I expect them to wear out if I take him walking in them every day. I expect them to get lost if I don't put them on tight enough.
From the 10 or so negative or less-than-perfect reviews I have read, I think people are expecting too much. Dogs probably take a zillion more steps than we do per walk, hence, the booties wear out fast. LIke I said, Iditarod dude carries 3,000+ booties. Their claws need to be trimmed just like ours do so we don't poke holes in our socks or get black or bloody toe nails. And they gotta be strapped on tighter than you think. Then, START SMALL! 5 mins, ten mins... try em out to make sure you don't 'have any kinda user error.
NOTE: I mis-read the questions and thought i had to order a quantity of TWO items in order to cover four paws. But ordering TWO gave me two sets of four. I think I will keep them, since I expect the first pair to wear out.
Thank you My Busy Pet!
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With the bit of snow we had here in Ohio, my one kid took muttly out for a walk & he got a bunch of snow stuck up in his paw pads causing him to limp a bit. My daughter was convinced that he needed booties to survive the elements, thousands of years of wolf/dog evolution notwithstanding........So we found these doggie boots online and tried them out - take the advice to take a vid of the first time your dog wears them. It's like watching a drum major of a major college marching band high step out front - absolutely hilarious while your dog tries to get used to the concept of shoes. We've had enough snow here in Ohio to use them a couple of times, and they work quite well, at least as far as us humans think. The dog still gives us that tilted head, WTF are you doing to me look when we strap them on, but he knows it's play time/walk time when they go on so he tolerates us dumb humans.You gotta make sure you snug them up enough that your dog doesn't run out of them, but once you figure that part out these things work, and work very well. Just make sure you give your mutt some goodies to convince them that this is in their best interest. Bailey loves the snow - I'd love to see a foot or more of snow here to see how furball reacts.And as a side note, my daughters violated the first rule of naming a dog. This happy idiot is a rescue pup - they found him up in Detroit, but they decided on "Bailey" the day they found him, rather than giving him a week or so to let his personality shine through and name him appropriately. After being on the run for a week or so, he was so calm, then he took over my house when he got his wind back. Fireball or Dumas would have much more correct in hindsight................
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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
Almost every day, no matter the weather we go for a walk or hike. The snow itself hasn't been a problem, but due to living on a college campus on a pretty steep hill, we have to walk on quite a lot of gritted sidewalks and roads to get to the fields. At least 4 or 5 times a different paw will suddenly stop being used and I have to clean out deicer/grit from between her pads. Decided to go with these boots and that problem has vanished. Sure she was a little weirded out when we first put them on. Quite comical really! But once we started walking she was fine within 50 yards or so. Straight through the layers of salt and deicer etc. without any problems. Got to the fields - off leash - and she took off like her usual self. She ran without any changes to her gait and without any apparent thought to her new footwear. Couple miles later (for me, probably 3-4 for her!) and boots are still attached just as I had put them on. She had run in the woods through all kinds of snow, mud, brush etc. and no problems at all.
I had followed the measuring instructions so the boots fit as designed. They fasten comfortably and securely. Reflective pieces are a welcome as my morning walks are in the dark so she shows up to passing cars and my flashlight all the more. Rubber soles provide protection and grip, the rest of the material is solid for the application too. Can't go wrong with this product. If your canine companion suffers from sore pads, has snow and/or deicer-grit issues then you can rely on this product to provide good protection without interfering with your dog enjoying the great outdoors!
I had followed the measuring instructions so the boots fit as designed. They fasten comfortably and securely. Reflective pieces are a welcome as my morning walks are in the dark so she shows up to passing cars and my flashlight all the more. Rubber soles provide protection and grip, the rest of the material is solid for the application too. Can't go wrong with this product. If your canine companion suffers from sore pads, has snow and/or deicer-grit issues then you can rely on this product to provide good protection without interfering with your dog enjoying the great outdoors!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019
Very cute and well-made but just wasn't wide enough for front paws, potentially too long for our dog
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