Review on 🐾 PawZ Dog Boots - Rubber Booties for Dogs, Waterproof Snow Shoes with Paw Protection - Pack of 12 Dog Shoes by Lori Stein

We take our pup for walks very often - two walks a day, 30 minutes to an hour each, often much longer in good weather, but shorter than 20-30 minutes in winter Foot. She's a 60-pound pit bull with sensitive paws but a tough little thing. She is strong and her paws cling to the cement. I tried 4 different winter boots for her. When I first started shopping for boots, I bought $80 special boots that I found at the pet store here, but you can buy them online. These are Mukluk brands. $80, the best, I bought the best on the shelf because going for a walk is such an important part of the day. I rationalized that by paying $80 for something I would actually use twice a day for a quarter, okay. they should work. Why spend $30 on cheaper ones only to have them fall apart or stop working? Yes, I've convinced and reasoned with myself that it's perfectly okay for me to spend over $80 on dog shoes. Totally GOOD. I spent over $100 on hiking shoes. She has legs too! I had a strong rationalization there. They didn't hold up very well and she tiptoed with them rather unsteadily at first. They seemed to get used to them as I walked and they came loose several times, but I re-tightened them properly and they seemed to stay in place. They were wide apart, wide and tall so she was very good at walking in the snow, not so good in the cement, but not terrible. Her paws were protected and the first walk was a success. She returned home and found that she was rubbing her finger with dew so much that she even had some blood on her ankle and foot. I haven't used them in a few days, googled the problem, found out it was fairly common and wrapped her thumb fingers in duct tape as I read somewhere online about how to prevent it and it got rid of the irritation - Type of. These boots sit where you pin them, around her foot and right where her dewclaw is. Even with preventative tape, it's like that. I do not know. Wear shoes that rub and blister. but you wear moleskin so you don't get blisters every day? It must be uncomfortable so I decided I had to find another pair. The second one I tried was from Petsmart - winter ankle boots 39.99, felt a little more pliable, not as stiff and stiff and it looks like they will be clipped in there they were a little lower and they didn't wrap around her leg so tight. These fell off but didn't hurt her so I stuck with these. She wore her pants for about 3-4 weeks and they had holes in them. Because they were shorter, they also let in snow and ice, which was annoying. They worked well but were short lived and had some design flaws. You were fine. From that point on, I put calf-sized baby socks on her feet, a zippered sandwich bag, and pinned the bag and sock to secure them. No, I'm not joking. Yes. I'm crazy. Maybe. If it weren't for 30 frosts, or even if it didn't snow, the salt would KILL her paws, she would be lame and really miserable. She has the pad cream that we use, so her paw health is fine - it's just like walking barefoot on chemicals and snow and ice. I read about paw surgery on some medical forums (seriously) and got the idea to do it, only they used real gauze and real tape and I taped it sealed and tried to make it more durable. For now I just want to reiterate that she loves being outside. I'm not trying to be a monster. She loves to run, it's her favorite thing in the world and she has to go to the pot, but in the winter. Going for a walk is her favorite activity of the day and to be honest, even when it's cold we can still go out for 15-20 minutes, get some fresh air, switch off and she can go potty. So yes. I taped the dogs' paws with tape. It worked! My only college degree was Sports Medicine over 10 years ago when I had to bandage athletes' nasty smelly feet and their ankles were finally paying off. I wrapped the dog's paw in a baby sock, a sandwich bag, and duct tape. This process was tedious, wasteful and stupid and took about 10 full minutes while she lay on her side while I applied the black tape (yes I bought the black one so it doesn't look like crappy silver tape). I look just as crazy as I really am.) Duct tape, for example, wasn't a permanent solution. Come on. I can't tape her paws twice a day and explain that I'm a normal person. So I was willing to throw some extra money and try another pair somewhere. I've looked at some expensive ones online on some crazy hunting websites and just checked reviews on Amazon. I had about 4 bookmarks going through reviews and pros and cons of 4 pairs when I came across these balloons. I saw them at petco and thought why not. 17 dollars. Ordered and they came with a primer, tried them on. At first glance they look too thin to actually protect from anything and they look and feel exactly like a balloon. Well, a thicker balloon, but the idea is that they stretch. I thought at first glance that they might be too tight around her ankles, but she honestly didn't mind. Putting them on is the worst part, but like anything, the more you do it, the easier it gets. They stretch and cover their paw and fingers with rope. I took the camouflage because it's a brownish-reddish color, so it suits her paws a bit better than the main colors. I didn't want light purple. Where I live there can be negative double digits; hard ice, snow, and salt, and she didn't flinch or seem to mind at all. I regularly let her gallop across a snowy field. Since they fit snugly on her legs, they do not come loose, and snow does not clog there, and melted ice does not fall on her paws. I don't know how such a supposedly thin piece of rubber makes it elevate and immune to snow and cold, but they do. They really work. The durability is great too. I ordered them in December and it's approaching the end of January. Still on my first 4 (and 12 packs) pairs, 6 weeks later. BUY THEM.