My LongGirl had a bandaged paw after a dewclaw was removed. We put a snootie booty over it to prevent her from licking/biting the bandages. The entire week she wore one shoe. Our drama queen acted like she was a tripod. She never bore weight on the affected leg.
Maybe try getting yours to wear 2 shoes on the front paws first. That way they have no choice but to bear weight with the shoes.
I’m always in awe at all the dogs I see casually walking around in shoes.
Our greyhounds wear Canada Pooch Soft Shield Boots all winter long. They don't love putting them on, and give us some grumbles, but once we get out the door they're fine wearing them.
No, never could get them to keep shoes on. None of my 5 Long Boyes would tolerate them. I have had 3 at a time and that meant putting 12 booties on, sending them out into the snowy backyard, and then myself having to go out and collect the 8 or so that fell or were pulled off. I graciously accepted defeat and learned to just hold one and clean each paw as they came in.
It can take a bit of trial and error to find the right fit that your dog tolerates. My boy wears Hunnyboots on bis back paws, with Hunnyboots socks, in all weather due to corns. He is totally fine with them. We’ve also had good luck with Bark Brite neoprene booties (Amazon) and K9 Voyagers long fleece booties for deep snow. With all these though you have to be careful about strap placement relative to dew claws. Socks can help with rubbing, just like for humans.
And then of course some dogs just can’t take to them- Musher’s secret pre-walk can help protect the paw pads.
Our girl wears (and tolerates) Hunny Boots, and they're great for cold/icy/salty and/or hot pavement. They're also good for city streets, where there is sometimes broken glass, gravel, or other owie things.
I don’t have a long boye but I do have a dog that also refuses to wear booties, and we live in Toronto. We hate the overuse of salt in this city. Good luck out there!
The hound didn't exactly like me putting them on, but never really disagreed with them either. They just wouldn't stay on. There are companies making shoes for hare-footed dogs, but not in my corner of the world or I would have gotten him some.
I use Bark Brite boots for my boy and he wears them for every walk. Stay on 90% of the time. He would not wear his bunny boots. He does not get corns with boots on.
The only boots I've ever had that reliably stay on my dog's feet are from Mountain Ridge. They are a very simple design used for sled dogs, and they are also very reasonably priced. https://www.mtnridge.com/SLED-PET-DOG-BOOTIES_c_20.html
This kind of thing can be improved hugely with reward-based, force-free training and gradual desensitization. Check out cooperative care techniques.
My lurcher is trained to put his nose into a muzzle, wear shoes, be examined (including teeth, eyes, ears, feet, tail, etc), swallow medication on cue, be restrained, and hold still for things like vaccines and blood draws. He can also have his nails trimmed & teeth brushed with zero drama. All through cooperative care training, to make it not scary or stressful for him.
Ours will happily wear his K9 Voyagers boots, though he still detests the act of putting them on - once he clocked that his feet weren't as cold, he became much more cooperative. He's also gotten better about his honeyboots, but they only stay on if we put socks on too.
I've had good success with Muttlucks, I am Toronto based. They may come off in snow drifts, but this is Toronto, the only thing you really need to worry about is all the salt.
I used to live in Toronto and it is salty as hell in winter. I eventually got my dog to accept boots but until that was accomplished, I used a soy based barrier cream that I picked up at Pet Valu.
I used to live in Toronto and it is salty as hell in winter. I eventually got my dog to accept boots but until that was accomplished, I used a soy based barrier cream that I picked up at Pet Valu.
My LongGirl had a bandaged paw after a dewclaw was removed. We put a snootie booty over it to prevent her from licking/biting the bandages. The entire week she wore one shoe. Our drama queen acted like she was a tripod. She never bore weight on the affected leg.
Maybe try getting yours to wear 2 shoes on the front paws first. That way they have no choice but to bear weight with the shoes.
I’m always in awe at all the dogs I see casually walking around in shoes.
Haha... Ooof
Our greyhounds wear Canada Pooch Soft Shield Boots all winter long. They don't love putting them on, and give us some grumbles, but once we get out the door they're fine wearing them.
Will check these out! Thank you
No, never could get them to keep shoes on. None of my 5 Long Boyes would tolerate them. I have had 3 at a time and that meant putting 12 booties on, sending them out into the snowy backyard, and then myself having to go out and collect the 8 or so that fell or were pulled off. I graciously accepted defeat and learned to just hold one and clean each paw as they came in.
The issue is we have a modest backyard and Toronto liberally salts the sidewalks constantly, murder on dog paws.
It can take a bit of trial and error to find the right fit that your dog tolerates. My boy wears Hunnyboots on bis back paws, with Hunnyboots socks, in all weather due to corns. He is totally fine with them. We’ve also had good luck with Bark Brite neoprene booties (Amazon) and K9 Voyagers long fleece booties for deep snow. With all these though you have to be careful about strap placement relative to dew claws. Socks can help with rubbing, just like for humans.
And then of course some dogs just can’t take to them- Musher’s secret pre-walk can help protect the paw pads.
Our girl wears (and tolerates) Hunny Boots, and they're great for cold/icy/salty and/or hot pavement. They're also good for city streets, where there is sometimes broken glass, gravel, or other owie things.
Will have a look! Thanks
I don’t have a long boye but I do have a dog that also refuses to wear booties, and we live in Toronto. We hate the overuse of salt in this city. Good luck out there!
I carry Bowie across salt so so often these days
The hound didn't exactly like me putting them on, but never really disagreed with them either. They just wouldn't stay on. There are companies making shoes for hare-footed dogs, but not in my corner of the world or I would have gotten him some.
I use Bark Brite boots for my boy and he wears them for every walk. Stay on 90% of the time. He would not wear his bunny boots. He does not get corns with boots on.
My boi hates them! West end TO was a salt fest today and we had to stop and do a paw wipe a dozen times at least. Won’t wear the boots but MOM help
Same deal with Bowie. I carry him across the street. We're in the East end.
Get the balloon boots. Easy to put on, easy to take off, and if you lose one it's no big deal.
The only boots I've ever had that reliably stay on my dog's feet are from Mountain Ridge. They are a very simple design used for sled dogs, and they are also very reasonably priced. https://www.mtnridge.com/SLED-PET-DOG-BOOTIES_c_20.html
The ones that work reasonably well for my grey are Therapaws. They slide on easily and wrap with Velcro around the leg.
This kind of thing can be improved hugely with reward-based, force-free training and gradual desensitization. Check out cooperative care techniques.
My lurcher is trained to put his nose into a muzzle, wear shoes, be examined (including teeth, eyes, ears, feet, tail, etc), swallow medication on cue, be restrained, and hold still for things like vaccines and blood draws. He can also have his nails trimmed & teeth brushed with zero drama. All through cooperative care training, to make it not scary or stressful for him.
Ours will happily wear his K9 Voyagers boots, though he still detests the act of putting them on - once he clocked that his feet weren't as cold, he became much more cooperative. He's also gotten better about his honeyboots, but they only stay on if we put socks on too.
I've had good success with Muttlucks, I am Toronto based. They may come off in snow drifts, but this is Toronto, the only thing you really need to worry about is all the salt.
I have never found boots mine will tolerate. She prefers jackets. Then running around till she’s done. Then expects a hot car or my lap.
I used to live in Toronto and it is salty as hell in winter. I eventually got my dog to accept boots but until that was accomplished, I used a soy based barrier cream that I picked up at Pet Valu.
I used to live in Toronto and it is salty as hell in winter. I eventually got my dog to accept boots but until that was accomplished, I used a soy based barrier cream that I picked up at Pet Valu.