So those of you who follow us on Facebook know that Hubby and I had a bit of an argument on Saturday. It was all about boots for the dogs.
Saturday I bought the dogs some foot covers. Actually they really just look like balloons, but for the sake of this post, I’m calling them boots (mostly because I’m not getting paid to endorse this product and besides which, I’m not endorsing it.) Anyway, when I brought the boots home and showed them to Hubby we had an argument.
Now someone who knows my husband would probably think it was because the boots in Sampson and Delilah’s size are purple and with Sampson being a boy dog….well you get the point.
Turns out I was wrong. He didn’t care about the color, he wanted me to get a warmer boot.
Let me back up a bit.
On a couple of our walks of late either one or both of the dogs have lifted one foot and held it up. At first my heart jumps in my chest because I worry it’s an ACL injury, but each time I wiped the dog’s foot with my glove and they continued on our walk.
In my mind, they were lifting their paws because there was snow/ice/that shit they put on the roads stuck in their paw. Hubby thought it was because their foot was cold.
I said, “I’m not so much worried about the cold as I am about the snow/ice/shit they put on the road stuck in their paw.”
Hubby said, “That’s obvious.”
And then we had an argument.
First we argued about why the dogs needed the boots, was it the cold or the snow? Then Hubby said I shouldn’t be walking the dogs in sub zero weather. I begged to differ. The dogs love their walk and when it’s super cold I either cut the walk short or we walk very quickly.
So I posed this question on the Facebook page, “Husband says they lift their foot because their paw is cold and I say it’s because they have snow (or that road crap) stuck in their toes…..What’s your opinion on this?
There really was mixed comments, half thought it was cold and half thought it was ice.
So Sunday I asked, “How do you feel about walking your dogs when it’s below zero?”
The responses were limited but the four of them agreed it was okay to walk in the cold, using common sense of course.
So there’s the back story, now about those dog boots I bought on Saturday. 🙂 I didn’t want to spend a lot of money initially because I wasn’t sure how the dogs would do with boots. I mean, would they wear them, or would they turn stubborn lab and just plunk their butts down?
Okay, a good dog owner, would condition their dogs into wearing the boots. But it’s January, it’s cold and ain’t nobody got time for that! I grabbed a bag of treats and put the boots on Sampson’s front paws. He got a treat. I put another boot on his other paw, he got another treat.
Delilah saw that Sampson was getting treats so she came over to get hers. We’ve had Sampson since he was a pup and we always played with his feet. Delilah has some scarring on her feet and can be snarky sometimes if you move to fast near her feet. Although she does tolerate having her nails trimmed and will even lift her paw so I can do it. Since I had a treat, Delilah let me put the boots on her front paws. Then she took the treat and ran into the other room and tried to bite the boots off.
I took the boots off and put them away until it was walk time. At that time, I grabbed the boots and put them on all four paws.
Delilah ran into the other room and tried to bite the boots off again.
Sampson did this.
I might have to wear these ‘boots’ but I don’t have to like it!
BUT once they realized we were going for a walk….
You mean I can wear these and snow won’t get in my toes?
They’re for walking? Well why didn’t you say so?
The reason I chose these boots was mostly because I wasn’t sure how they would tolerate boots and I didn’t want to spend big money on something I couldn’t use. Now that I know the dogs will wear the boots, I’m on the hunt for traditional dog boots.
Do you use boots on your dogs? Do you have any recommendations for us?
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