Dr Buzby's Medium ToeGrips for Dogs - Instant Traction on Wood/Hardwood Floors - Anti Slip Relief - Grippers for Senior Dogs - Stop Sliding Instantly - Rubber Nails for Paws - 1 Pack (20 Grips)

Our labradoodle, Fozzy, is 13 years old. He has hip dysplasia and about six months ago his legs became so weak and shaky that he couldn’t walk or even stand on our hardwood floors (which are throughout our home) without his legs sliding out from under him. We noticed also that he preferred to find the few area rugs in our house and stay on them as much as possible. Soon even his front feet were sliding on our floors.We bought Fozzy rubber booties to give him more traction, which helped, but he had to wear them all the time, even at night, because he likes to move around the room, and he was struggling to even get up from a lying down position to move to a new spot. The booties were rubbing sores on his feet, and he lost his appetite—alarming for our voracious eater. He became pretty listless and at times seemed anxious. Some mornings I cried into Fozzy’s fur, thinking that this day might be his last.I decided we needed to do something for him to get him out of those booties. I found an online site selling inexpensive area rugs, and had $2000 worth of rugs in my cart. Questioning the sanity of this decision, I Googled something like: “Is it crazy to line your house with area rugs if your dog has hip dysplasia?” And instead of a blog affirming this choice, one of the top hits was for Dr Buzby’s ToeGrips.I read over the informative site with great interest, and a healthy dose of skepticism. It was pretty hard to believe those tiny rubber noodles would really make any difference in supporting my dog’s weak, shaky legs and stop him from sliding around our floors like Bambi on ice. But the videos for sizing and putting them on the dog’s paws were so detailed and reassuring. And the price was much better than buying a house full of disposable area rugs. I decided they were worth a shot, followed the instructions for measuring Fozzy’s nails, and ended up ordering two different sizes, just to be sure.When our ToeGrips arrived in the mail, we decided to start out by only placing them on his front feet. I had my husband help me, and we were a little nervous, but we followed the detailed instructions from the video and it wasn’t too difficult to get them on his nails. (And I should add NO super glue required, like someone has told me some other nail caps need, yuck). When we were finished we released Fozzy and he went flying out of our arms, on to our hardwoods and splat, just like Bambi. We were disheartened and about to go help him up when slowly and tentatively we watched our sweet boy manage to lift himself onto all four feet all by himself. He then moved around more slowly, but was able to navigate himself all around our house without our help. A few days later we decided to give the back paws a try, and pretty much the same thing happened—at first his legs splayed out from under him, but he was able to right himself and move about on his own. No more booties, yay!!Now Fozzy is taking daily walks again, his appetite has improved, he plays like a puppy, rests more soundly, and moves around our home with confidence. New life has been breathed into our sweet companion, and we are so thrilled. About every two weeks I remove all the ToeGrips and inspect them, discarding any that have worn down, trim Fozzy’s nails and replace the ToeGrips. I can do it pretty easily by myself (you can see from the photos, Fozzy is very compliant!) He is still sometimes a little more tentative on our hardwoods, and we did purchase a couple of washable rugs just to give him added stability in a few key areas of our home, but nothing close to the $2000 I had planned to spend.A note about the sizing: we bought the medium and large sizes because I felt Fozzy was between sizes. I started with the medium size and they went on his nails without a problem. I contacted Dr. Buzby’s to exchange the large for a medium size, and they wrote back saying based on my dog’s breed and weight they expected the large would probably work better for him. They said they would send the medium, but encouraged me to keep the large and give them a try as well. We put the large ToeGrips on Fozzy’s back nails and they also work and stay on just as snugly as the medium size. That’s all to say, don’t stress too much about being off by a size, especially if you find your dog might be between sizes. Dr. Buzby’s will work with you to ensure you get the size that is best for your pet.We are so grateful to Dr. Buzby’s ToeGrips for helping us to improve Fozzy’s quality of life in the time he has left with us. Thank you Dr. Buzby!

My experience may be rare, but it happened and I feel the need to share.***TRIGGER WARNING - POO TALK***Beware, because my pup decided immediately she wanted nothing to do with these. If your dog has a tendency to try to get out of things like this, don’t do it.We had no problem soaking and getting them on. She seemed annoyed but was leaving them alone probably because of the smell of alcohol. About 30 minutes later, things went south.While I was making dinner, she decided it would be a good time to try to free herself from her toenail captors. In doing so, she got all but one of the front covers off and ate them. I removed the rest as soon as I saw and didn’t realize what was in store for our future…2:30am folks, that’s when I was awoken to the ripe smell of a juicy number 2. She’s a lab, it was a lot. I took her out so she could decorate the neighborhood then came back to clean. Window open and lots of spray later, we try to lay back down.6:30am-9am, more of the same, and now coming from both ends. I’m singing “blame it on the alcohol” in a delirious state. She seems empty, only water for her. She’s wagging her tail and seems like she’s feeling ok. I put the camera on her, put her in her crate and head to work. Checking in, she seems fine all day. Get home, more squirts outside but it’s mixed solid. Found a few more green dots in the mix. We should be good by morning. She’s sleeping in the crate tonight. Her sister slept in her own crate nearby to keep her company.7am… chaos. I was maybe 15-20 minutes too late. Then the tail wagging starts. It’s everywhere. I let her out onto the deck and see a trail of poopy paw prints. Drag the crate to the deck. Walk the dog. More grass decor. Pup gets a cold bath on the deck. Clean the rugs. Clean the crate. Throw crate blankets in the wash after hosing them down. Shower. Work from home. Walks on the hour. I can’t get the smell out of my nose.She’s fine now but that was definitely an uncomfortable ordeal for both of us. Never again.I can’t speak to how the product works because they weren’t on long enough to test. I know our problem wasn’t from the product itself, definitely from the alcohol ingested.I had high hopes, unfortunately for us, my pup is a troublemaker. She’ll have to continue playing the floor is lava and stick to the rugs in the house.

My poor dog started having trouble standing on my wood floor a few months ago. An ad for these popped up on my social media account and at first I thought they were a joke based on how they looked. But upon looking further, I thought they actually might help my dog when she tried to get up. These provide traction which is what she needed. Yes, they seemed a bit pricey. But if it helped my girl I was willing to give them a shot. Here's what I experienced trying them out and accompanying star ratings.1) Putting them on. Two stars. This was NOT EASY because I had to manipulate my girl's toes to try to put these on snugly. I got two feet done and she was shaking so badly I stopped trying.2) Helping my girl. Easy five stars. These actually did help her stand more easily. They gripped the floor and stopped the sliding.3) Length of use. One star. Within two days. All but two of these had fallen off. I considered using an adhesive to get them to stay on longer, but putting them on very recently had been so traumatic for her I didn't want to try again.4) Aftermath. No rating. For two months I was finding these in the yard. Seems they just fell off in random places and not, for example, near the concrete steps or an area where she might be playing. They just dropped off, one by one, in short order.5) Overall. Three stars. They're a great idea and do work if you ignore any difficulty putting them on or keeping them on. However, that's over half the battle. I'd rate them lower but they were so successful while on that I gave them an extra star. If these could've made with some kind of internal adhesive they might be gold.