I checked google and in the past you recommended dogbooties.com I am
curious if they are still who you would recommend getting dog booties
from. There seems to be a large amount of ice forming in the snow this
year and Yoda keeps scraping the inside of his toes on it so he comes in
with bleeding feet. Thanks in advance.

Nick

In article ,
Nick wrote:
I checked google and in the past you recommended dogbooties.com I am
curious if they are still who you would recommend getting dog booties
from. There seems to be a large amount of ice forming in the snow this
year and Yoda keeps scraping the inside of his toes on it so he comes in
with bleeding feet. Thanks in advance.

It really depends what your expectations are. Mushing dog
booties are considered consumables, and consequently they're
very basic compared to pet dog booties or hunting dog
booties. They're pretty much sacks with velcro. In
addition to dogbooties.com there's a new company premised on
the assumption that nobody in their right mind buys dog
booties one at a time, and they've got bulk pricing for as
few as 12 booties: http://www.dozenbooties.com/

For higher-end hunting-type booties I'd try cabelas.com or
gundogsupply.com
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Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

"Nick" wrote in message:

I checked google and in the past you recommended dogbooties.com I am
curious if they are still who you would recommend getting dog booties
from. There seems to be a large amount of ice forming in the snow this
year and Yoda keeps scraping the inside of his toes on it so he comes in
with bleeding feet. Thanks in advance.

I ordered from them earlier this year, when I needed to protect Khan's cut
pawpad. They're very basic, but durable, have a tendency to come off if
you're walking for long periods of time, but good for the sort of thing you
describe.

Suja

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:16:28 -0500, Melinda Shore wrote:

It really depends what your expectations are. Mushing dog booties are
considered consumables, and consequently they're very basic compared to
pet dog booties or hunting dog booties. They're pretty much sacks with
velcro. In addition to dogbooties.com there's a new company premised on
the assumption that nobody in their right mind buys dog booties one at a
time, and they've got bulk pricing for as few as 12 booties:
http://www.dozenbooties.com/

For higher-end hunting-type booties I'd try cabelas.com or
gundogsupply.com

Consumable was what I was looking for because I want to get a small stash
of them so if an occasional pair falls off in the back field I don't have
to go searching for it. If I find it after a thaw and it is still
usable, great. If not, it isn't a significant loss.

Thanks for the help.

Nick

elegy wrote:

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:35:17 +0000 (UTC), Nick
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:16:28 -0500, Melinda Shore wrote:

It really depends what your expectations are. Mushing dog booties are
considered consumables, and consequently they're very basic compared to
pet dog booties or hunting dog booties. They're pretty much sacks with
velcro. In addition to dogbooties.com there's a new company premised on
the assumption that nobody in their right mind buys dog booties one at a
time, and they've got bulk pricing for as few as 12 booties:
http://www.dozenbooties.com/

For higher-end hunting-type booties I'd try cabelas.com or
gundogsupply.com

Consumable was what I was looking for because I want to get a small stash
of them so if an occasional pair falls off in the back field I don't have
to go searching for it. If I find it after a thaw and it is still
usable, great. If not, it isn't a significant loss.

Thanks for the help.

i got booties for my dogs from dogbooties.com and they very much met
my expectations. i wasn't looking for heavy-wearing.



With the limited amount of time Yoda spends outside in the winter I
don't think they need to be very heavy wearing. He loves to run around
in the snow but he gets cold very quickly. Lately he's been wanting to
come in because his feet start to hurt only after a few minutes
though, which I feel terrible about. I ordered one twelve pack from
dozenbooties.com because I wanted to order around 10 anyways. We'll see
how they work. My main concern is in fit because they don't have as
many size options available as dogbooties.com.

Nick

In article ,
Nick wrote:
I ordered one twelve pack from
dozenbooties.com because I wanted to order around 10 anyways.

??? Why 10?

We'll see
how they work. My main concern is in fit because they don't have as
many size options available as dogbooties.com.

The reason they're considered consumable isn't that they
wear out, it's that the dogs throw them. There's 1000 miles
of booties from Willow to Nome along the Iditarod trail.
Other trails, too, but the Iditarod has a huge number of
participants.

I haven't seen the need to bootie my guys yet. They have
great feet - it's one of the good things about the breed, as
contrasted with Alaskan Huskies.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

Melinda Shore wrote:

In article ,
Nick wrote:
I ordered one twelve pack from
dozenbooties.com because I wanted to order around 10 anyways.

??? Why 10?

Having no clue how well they would stay on in short trips outside, I
picked a loss rate and decided how often I would want to
have to reorder. It's not very scientific, but I picked the rate of
loss based on what I would consider an acceptable rate. If it exceeds
that rate, then I'll have to come up with a better solution.


We'll see
how they work. My main concern is in fit because they don't have as
many size options available as dogbooties.com.

The reason they're considered consumable isn't that they
wear out, it's that the dogs throw them. There's 1000 miles
of booties from Willow to Nome along the Iditarod trail.
Other trails, too, but the Iditarod has a huge number of
participants.

I haven't seen the need to bootie my guys yet. They have
great feet - it's one of the good things about the breed, as
contrasted with Alaskan Huskies.

I'm not certain it is possible to design a dog less fitted for Michigan
weather than Yoda. I think I'll keep him anyways.

Nick

Melinda Shore wrote:

In article ,
Nick wrote:

I ordered one twelve pack from
dozenbooties.com because I wanted to order around 10 anyways.


??? Why 10?


We'll see
how they work. My main concern is in fit because they don't have as
many size options available as dogbooties.com.


The reason they're considered consumable isn't that they
wear out, it's that the dogs throw them. There's 1000 miles
of booties from Willow to Nome along the Iditarod trail.
Other trails, too, but the Iditarod has a huge number of
participants.

I haven't seen the need to bootie my guys yet. They have
great feet - it's one of the good things about the breed, as
contrasted with Alaskan Huskies.

I used to buy sets of Ruffdogs booties at some ridiculous price and then
found myself going back and searching a mile of trail at a time to find
thrown booties.

In the end my solution was toughening up the dogs' feet by gradually
incresing their barefoot mileage. When we go to the trail in the
winter, on those rare occasions when there is actually snow on the
ground I usually get cold before the snow hurts their feet.