[nagdu] Boots

[Tracy Carcione]

Raven, thanks very much!  This sounds ideal.  And I get extras, so I have 
replacements if one gets lost or broken.
Tracy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raven Tolliver" <ravend729 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Boots


> Hi Tracy,
> Here's the link on Amazon to the booties I have.
> http://www.amazon.com/Pawz-3-Inch-4-Inch-Water-Proof-Boots/dp/B009S5LMU0/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1385593156&sr=1-4&keywords=waterproof+booties
> They are size large black waterproof booties. They are made of rubber,
> so they fit snugly around the top of the paw, and they are impossible
> to lose unless your dog or someone else snatches the booty off. They
> come 12 in a pack, and they can be worn many times. Just rinse them
> off every so often.
> When you first get them out of the package, the opening in the booty
> looks like it would never fit over your dog's foot, but just stretch
> them open and place the foot inside. They are not tight on your dog's
> paws. I know this because I tested it by putting the booty around
> three or four of my fingers, and it was fitting, not tight.
> Right now, these are about $15. They were about $12 when I bought them
> almost a year ago. I say wait for a drop in price at the beginning of
> the week, but that's the cheap college kid in me. Happy shopping.
>
> On 11/27/13, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>> I've tried 2 different kinds of boots, and had a lot of trouble keeping 
>> them
>>
>> on, even when I think I've pulled the strap real tight.  I had some that
>> looked like socks, with a leather pad under the paw, and I have the 
>> Ruffwear
>>
>> boots TSE gave me.  However, I lost one of the boots in the snow the 
>> first
>> time I went out with them on Ben.
>> Raven, what kind are you using, and where did you get them?
>> I've had so much trouble with boots that now I just don't bother, and 
>> carry
>>
>> paper towels to wipe Ben's feet with.  If I got more boots, I think I'd 
>> go
>> with something cheap, so its loss would be trivial.  Because lose them I
>> almost certainly will.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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