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OK... I have a set of dog boots that I use when there is a lot of salt in the roads and when it is below zero.
I figured that I would only need these in the winter, but I was just reading some online stuff about biking with your dog and several articles said that the pavement is hard on your dog's paws because of the heat of the pavement, possibility of broken glass, and just the roughness of the pavement.
On the other hand... I never see dogs wearing shoes in the summer, so what is true? It seems that if it is true that dogs will sustain all this damage from the pavement and heat, that there would be crippled dogs everywhere since nobody seems to use them.
Do dogs really need shoes in the summer? How do you know who/what to believe?
Thanks!
-Mike-
I figured that I would only need these in the winter, but I was just reading some online stuff about biking with your dog and several articles said that the pavement is hard on your dog's paws because of the heat of the pavement, possibility of broken glass, and just the roughness of the pavement.
On the other hand... I never see dogs wearing shoes in the summer, so what is true? It seems that if it is true that dogs will sustain all this damage from the pavement and heat, that there would be crippled dogs everywhere since nobody seems to use them.
Do dogs really need shoes in the summer? How do you know who/what to believe?
Thanks!
-Mike-