Our Roger the Dodger has a problem. He drags his front paws, effectively leaving his knuckles raw if he walks on hard surfaces such as cement or gravel. Poor knuckle dragging boofhead. In the grassy paddocks or on the sand at the beach he has no problem.
I have found the solution...hopefully. A local saddler makes leather shoes for dogs. Who would have thunk eh? Apparently sheep dogs that work in country with a lot of burrs wear them and the guide dogs who have to walk on the hot cement/roads during their working hours need them.
We have been for one walk in them and I must have re-booted him five times. After that I gave up. He eventually kept his right foot booted but the left one kept coming off. I don't know if it is the way he walks or it is the shoe. We have some experimenting to do yet.
He took some pretty high, dressage type steps when he first had them on but once he knew he was going for a walk he didn't give a toss.
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