Lost: Ruffwear Dog Boot at Hyak

my pup.  just can't bring myself to give her a haircut..

I'll keep an eye out for it this spring. I'm kinda thinking it will be lost until then.

That's an impressive dog suit!

I'll have to give the musher's secret a try this winter.  I've heard PAM works too, so I now have a few things to try.  I've tried dog conditioner which is supposed to work, but it did nothing.

Here's the other problem area, face shots gone wrong!

Here is a cheaper alternative to the expensive booties:

I order a bunch from dogbooties.com .  These booties don't have a cam loop like the expensive ones so you wrap the strap as tight as you can get it.  Other than that, I use vetwrap to pad the dewclaws on the dogs that have them.  One wrap between the claw and the leg, one or two wraps around the claw, then the bootie goes on over that.  This keeps the bootie from causing a leg sore from rubbing and moving the dew claw.   Go easy on the vetwrap, you CAN get that too tight.

Cordura or Toughtek are best for the Cascades.  The felt booties are to prevent ice splinters and it is rarely cold enough here for that..

I don't ever apply booties until the dogs start icing up.

ETA: seems like a lot of folks are interested in ointments. I don't use them because they wear off in about four or five miles, which might be OK for a ski tour. Here is a homemade version: three parts Vaseline, one part lanolin, 0.5 part glycerin.

Ruffwear sells single boots for the bark'n boots grip trex model. We had to replace a boot that got chewed off an injured paw last year.
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mary

Marcus, Gus is a golden retriever. He gets the snowballs real bad. I'm shaving off all his flagging before our next trip. Check it out - this is from that day up at Hyak when he lost the boot --