Does the skyliner boot have a flexible rubber or non-slip sole? I don't want something really tough or clunky - if she clops when she walks she'll probably not want to walk! I'm not worried about her pulling it off - she's had a million casts and slings and bandages and incisions and never fusses with any of them. I don't need it for outside - just in the house. There's no way I can put carpets down everywhere, and she insists on following me from room to room. Luckily my stairs are carpeted. For some reason her difficulty in getting up seems to be getting worse. The front leg is her main bracer for pushing herself up, so I'd like to experiment with just using a boot on that one and see if it helps.

Yes, I'd definitely like some pricing info on the single Skyliner! What's shipping like? I live in Ontario.

We've got two Briards, Eva and Lily, each almost 10. They actually both have cancer – Eva of course has OS, with amputation and three courses of chemo, and Lily has had three extremely major surgeries to remove cancerous mast cell tumours in the past year. Luckily they got clear margins on all of them so we didn't have to do radiation or chemo for her, although I just found another lump yesterday – never trust that a lump is just a lipoma! We're very lucky in that we live about 20 minutes from Guelph and the OVC. A couple months ago they both became ambassadors for the OVC's Canine Cancer research program. Not only are they funding ambassadors, they're also models of "life after a cancer diagnosis" – to make it easier for people to realize that you can fight cancer in dogs, and that its not "cruel" to do so. They made a little video, and did a photoshoot with a professional, which was lovely as Eva doesn't usually photograph that well – too much hair! Unfortunately they put in too much of my mum being interviewed, and too little of the dogs, but we're working on a more dog-centric version

Oh, for the Skyline boot, how much allowance should I give for her hair? They're not tight fitting, are they? Briards have pretty wide-spread paws.

oh, just to note, she's about one or two weeks post-op in that! Look at her bounce

Wow, thank you so much for all the responses! That's very generous of you, Pam and Tazzie! I will check out the measurements and get an idea of how big a boot she'll need - she has giant snowshoe paws. Thanks for clarifying the shipping issue Susan - I might even get lucky and find a store that carries the boots. I managed to buy her the ruffwear harness at a place in Guelph that carries the line, although I ended up donating it to the Guelph Small Animal Clinic for use on other amputees as they really only have slings. That way other pawrents can check out the Ruff Wear in action too, and decide if their puppy dog needs it. I only needed it for Eva once - when she snuck up my aunt's uncarpeted, incredibly vertiginous stairs in pursuit of her favourite hobby, cat stalking! We basically had to carry her back down - no joke, as those stairs are just as treacherous for people

Ralph, I'll definitely take a look at the ones you recommended. I think Eva might not have quite as much of a problem with slipping as other dogs, as she has SO much long wooly hair - things tend to stick in place better than with slippery short dog hair.