Dear Friends:
Magic is aways traveling to cold destinations. Our friend Grayson plays ice hockey and Magic loves to watch his games. This brings us to places such as Lake Placid, NY where the temperature is in the teens or colder. Once the snow starts to fall and sidewalks get icy, people throw road salt on the ground. While this is helpful to prevent people from falling, salt is painful to dog paws. The salt gets into any cuts or scrapes dogs have on their paws and burns. If you see your dog lifting their paws or refusing to walk, that typically means their paw is burning from the salt. Solution?…protective dog boots!
How do you know that your dog will benefit from wearing protective footwear? Look for any of these five telltale signs:
- Cold Ground – Frosty mornings and cold nights? This might be the most obvious way to know that your pet needs paw protection. If the ground is frozen or snowy, that cold temperature transfers its way up through your dog’s feet and legs to chill their body.
- Road Salts – Use waterproof Pawz Natural Rubber Dog Boots to protect against harsh, stinging road salts on sensitive paws.
- Slippery Ice – It’s never a good idea to take a shortcut across the slippery stuff. But dog sneakers can provide a small measure of stability on an icy surface. Dog sneakers also provide some warmth and paw protection. But be careful out there.
- Cleanliness – Next to godliness, keeping clean is super-important to my parents. I stay as clean as newly washed linen, but my brother Magic likes to bring the outside with him when we return from a walk. Dog boots and sneakers help keep the mud and water outside.
- Staying Dry – No matter the season, keeping your dog’s paws dry is important for their comfort and cleanliness. This video shows the benefits of waterproof dog boots during a summer’s romp by a pond.
Have a photo of your pup in booties or sneakers? We’d love to see it. Post it here, or on our Facebook page.
Stay warm out there.
Woofcerely, Bella
