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Like most tripods, my dog has some trouble with bare wood floors and I've been looking for ways to help him feel confident about keeping his balance. We've mostly just been making do with a patchwork of rugs, but that isn't the ideal solution for me because of my allergies. So I bought two different brands of “paw pads” to try them out.
The first kind was Puppy Love Paw Pads, a circle of thin, textured neoprene with a medical grade adhesive backing that you stick on the bottom of the foot. It cost about $25 for a package of 32. They worked great! He was zooming around on the wood floors with no trouble at all and didn't even seem to notice them. Unfortunately, the ones on his back feet both fell off by the same evening–one almost immediately, and the other by the end of our evening walk (the package said they should stay on for 3-4 days or more). Not exactly cost effective.
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