Frequently Bought Together
Product Features
|
Product Description
The Bark'n Boots™ Grip Trex™ dog boots feature a high-performance Vibram® sole and an upper inspired by human shoes. Put the Bark'n Boots™ Grip Trex™ on your dog and unleash the canine athlete within.
Product Details
Would you like to give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Boot in the Business...,
By
This review is from: Ruff Wear Bark'n Boots Grip Trex Protect Your Dogs Paws! (Misc.)
Hello all:
This is the best boot you will ever buy! Our unit work Cadaver K-9's for local law enforcement in California. We used these boots in the recent Wild Fires, and they protected the dogs paws flawlessly! The soles of the boots are pretty much bullet proof (not really... a bullet would penetrate). Even with hot embers, the dogs were not affected at all. Mission complete due to Ruff Wear boots!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I wanted to love these boots...but...,
By S. Smith (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ruff Wear Bark'n Boots Grip Trex Protect Your Dogs Paws! (Misc.)
I really wanted to love these boots because they're streamline and minimal. I didn't like the look of the big clunky "bag" type of dog boot. However, a dog boot is only as good as its ability to stay on the foot. If the thing falls off, all the functionality of the tread and the protection against the ice and chemicals becomes moot. That was our biggest problem with this product. We tried the boot in a couple of different scenarios: on a walk, run, and playing in the backyard in snow. Needless to say, the boots started to fall off immediately when playing in the snow. With the smallest pull or pressure the boot would slide off because its not secured over any part of the dog's foot that doesn't flex when the dog moves so there's really nothing to anchor it in place. It doesn't go up past the dew claw/top of foot, all of which flexes when the dog moves. It was a little better during the run, however, three of the four boots still fell off at some point during the 35-minute run over mostly flat/plowed pavement. I understand you're supposed to tighten them up once you go outside into the cold, but even after replacing a boot and tightening once, it fell off a second time. And during even just a walk one of them fell off.
While I really like the heavier tread/sole on this shoe as opposed to some others out there, I simply can't stop every 5 minutes during a jog to replace the boot, or be constantly checking to ensure the boots are all still there. The other strike against this boot is that it is so shallow on the back of the foot that unless you're using the sock liner (which they recommend and we did not do initially) you may still get an ice ball lodged in the back of the boot as we did. If you're using a dog boot for anything more than simply going outside to go to the bathroom, I'd recommend a style that has at least two velcro fasteners and comes up the dog's leg at LEAST past the dew claw.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great dog shoes,
This review is from: Ruff Wear Bark'n Boots Grip Trex Protect Your Dogs Paws! (Misc.)
When i first decided that these would be an option for our dog, I probably made the same face you did regarding putting shoes on my dog. I bought these shoes for a specific purpose, running on asphalt in California. I have a pit bull/Doberman mix and she weighs about 65lbs, we were taking her on hikes, 3-5 mile walks and even running her, but she still got home with tons of energy. We purchased a system that allows her to run alongside my bike and everything was going great, we were hitting around 7-9 miles per trip. Unfortunately, when we got home from the first trip I realized that her pads were cracking and starting to bleed, so we purchased the ruff wear grip trex boots. It took a few times walking and playing to get her used to them, but now she is running full speed alongside my bike with no side effects. the only two problems that I had were sizing and abrasion.
We measured her foot width per the instructions from ruff wear, but the size we purchased was too big. We eventually took her in the car to REI and tried on different pairs until we found the ones that fit. Additionally, there is an adjusting period of making sure that they are tight enough to not fall off, but also not too tight that you cut off circulation to her paws. It took a few days to get it all dialed in. Second, depending on how far, fast and long your dog is running or playing, the shoes may rub against her feet in the places were the shoes are stitched together. This problem is solved by purchasing the socks ruff wear sells; however, you can also get baby socks for much cheaper (and they work). Just remember that your dog sweats through her/his feet, so you have to monitor their behavior. These are awesome and I would recommend them to any person with a dog that does any extensive exercise with their dog. I have never used them as snow shoes, so I'm not sure exactly how well they will work in snow. 2115|R3O1NR0WSNYFNX;2115|R12NTRGYE4CP2V;2115|R3UV67OU5N4FAZ;
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
|
