Need To Find Dog Booties Urgently - Damaged Toe

[westiemum]

Thank you so very much, gosh you are all so helpful and lovely. Jindi ended up at the vet yesterday. We did use toddler socks and tape but they don't stay on with the way her foot drags. So they didn't stay on yesterday and she bled more after she damaged a nail badly while at dogdy day care. She just loves doggy day care. We go to Alpha - they are brilliant. Currently she is going twice a week because our 7 month rescued highly energetic kelpie cross is going for socialisation and other benefits (plus the kelpie pup Lucy is also going to Alpha training with me twice a week).

Ive looked at all your suggestions and called Moorabin Petsplus. They have some in stock so we'll head down there and see what might work.

Thank you once again. If I work out how to post pictures I'll get a photo to show you too.

I too found doggy day care just wonderful for Mac in the last months of his life. They had a little birthday party for his last birthday in August last year and insisted on having him for the day without charge, two days before he died. (I offered to bring him in just to say goodbye but they insisted on having him as usual with Sarah and Andy). He was very frail by that stage and they were all incredibly sad to know it was his final day with them. Someone carried him around all day and they all took turns holding him and were very teary when they helped me out to the car with him for the last time - very reluctant to let him go. He was their oldest 'pack member' and they took such care of him for me and it was such a relief for me to know he was well cared for a day or two a week in his last days when I was at work .

[westiemum]

Hi Isabel, I saw these today. Would they be something like you're after? This is Petbarn in the winter apparel section

Thistle those socks on the left - the pink stripe ones look very similar to the Woolies baby socks I was talking about. Those red boots with feet in them look great. I might try them for Sarah - her paws are bad at the moment too.

[Papillon Kisses]

I'm glad to hear things went well at Petsplus. Here's hoping she just needs more time getting used to the booties and for them to be worn in a little better. From what I've seen/read many dogs seem to find footwear very awkward at first and sort of forget how to walk properly. If not it seems you have a workable alternative with the tape!

Jindi's so blessed to have you. I love that she's still enjoying her doggy day care. What a treasure. :)

[JRG]

I found that the ones with plastic on the soles annoyed my girl because they flapped when she moved. The same was true for the leather ones. Close fitting, stretchy above the hock socks with garters were by far the best.

[Trishm]

Pets plus was really good. We did get boots- two singles for the front paws. It's all she had in Jindi's size. They fit perfectly and are size 1.75 - I think this is inches and measured by. width of the paw.

This is them

http://www.petsplus.com.au/ruffwear-grip-trex-dog-boot-set-4-red

She does stumble a little in them. At times she does ok. Then she just stumbles and stumbles. Tonight we are leaving the boots folded in half between two armchairs to try to make them less 'stiff'. We will see if they works better tomorrow.

This the thanks so much. Those socks look good but I just don't know how they would stay on, especially as she scuffs the top of them.

We've decided that if the booties are not tolerable for her, then we can bandage the paw just for certain times - like doggy day care. The vet bandaged it yesterday and that works well.

I think we can't leave the paw bandaged for long periods. I'm thinking just between 9-5 Tuesday's and Thursday's at Doggy play care. And just for 30 minutes on dog walks. I'm hoping this will be ok. Same for the booties. It will be the booties or the bandage. The vet gave us some crinkly stretchy tape.

Thanks again for all your offers and kindness. It's so hard when one of our fur babies is terminally ill. I really appreciate your help and support.

Hopefully Jindi has many months left. She was given 3 months in January and is still doing wonderfully well for the most part. I adore my Westie girl. She is just the sweetest gentlest loveliest easy-going adorable girl,

When you are bandaging her feet, put some cotton wool in between each of her toes, I had to do that when bandaging my girls feet after surgery for a corn, it stops any irritation or rubbing.

[Isabel964]

Thanks Trishm. The vet did that - the cotton wool between the toes.

Well we took her for s walk in the boots Sat morning out in the footpath. She stumbled in them. Hubby said its ok, she just needs time to get used to them. But after ten minutes he was in tears. We don't think she will get used to them. It was just one of those times that the reality that put girl has limited time hit us square between the eyes. Since her condition is not stable, and will only deteriorate in this me I am thinking the boots aren't likely to be a workable solution. The stumbles have her landing on her chin - not nice, not good.

Sounds like Mac had a lovely Doggy day care. I had no idea how wonderful these places are. Beautiful Mac, he had a good life.

I keep forgetting to take photos because I am so focused on Jindi. I'll try to remember tomorrow when we give them another go. Also I don't know how to put photos up here. It used to be easy. Can we upload from our mobile phones!

[Florise]

The best thing to use is vet wrap. It conforms to the dogs feet and stays on. I tried many different types of boot and never found any that I was happy with.

[westiemum]

Thanks Trishm. The vet did that - the cotton wool between the toes.

Well we took her for s walk in the boots Sat morning out in the footpath. She stumbled in them. Hubby said its ok, she just needs time to get used to them. But after ten minutes he was in tears. We don't think she will get used to them. It was just one of those times that the reality that put girl has limited time hit us square between the eyes. Since her condition is not stable, and will only deteriorate in this me I am thinking the boots aren't likely to be a workable solution. The stumbles have her landing on her chin - not nice, not good.

Sounds like Mac had a lovely Doggy day care. I had no idea how wonderful these places are. Beautiful Mac, he had a good life.

I keep forgetting to take photos because I am so focused on Jindi. I'll try to remember tomorrow when we give them another go. Also I don't know how to put photos up here. It used to be easy. Can we upload from our mobile phones!

Isabel I'd go back to vet wrap and use that - maybe you can use it just on the affected paw?

Yes there are some great doggy daycares around - I got the most beautiful card and flowers from them when Mac died and they took such wonderful care of him - making sure he wasn't getting too tired during the day, giving him 'grandpa naps' in the staff room on the lap of whoever was there, making sure he didn't get knocked by other dogs. Nothing was too much trouble and I decided it was better than leaving him at home unsupervised while I worked. But like all things it seems there are bad ones as well, so it pays to be careful. So glad you have a good one for Jindi too. The thing I found with Mac was that although he was tired at the end of the day he always seemed happy to have the care and company of people and other dogs. He certainly liked going there and I never had any trouble getting him in the door.

Edited June 19, 2016 by westiemum

[Isabel964]

Yes we've gone back to vet wrap after buying another set of boots to try. One of the ladies at Doggy day care though told my son when he picked her up today that the bandaging needed to go above the elbow. I'll call tomorrow because we find that makes it harder for Jinfi to move. That's why we just wrap the paw as high as the boot goes... A bit higher. She said she used to be a vet nurse and was quite insistent.. I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Like Mac I have no trouble getting Jindi in the door of foggy day care. I suspect they might be extra caring of Jindii too as her condition deteriorates. She currently spends her day with the quiet dogs. I think lap and cuddle time is all the more forthcoming for westies because they are a great size and temperament for it :)