Dog paws and dog booties?

[louisgawlik]

I have a lab and her paws are tender. What is a good way to make her pads stronger?

Also, what are some good booties?

[skeetermc]

I use an 8 " piece of m/cycle inner tube. I cut the sides about two inches down.I use gorilla tape wrapped backwards above the ankle. Place the dogs paw through the tube to about where the open end covers your dogs nails by an inch. Stick the back flap to the backwards wrapped tape, wrap around back flap and around the front of the legg. Then fold up the front flap an wrap the entire leg again. The front of the inner tube stays open allowing the foot to breath but stops damaging rocks and stickers from penetrating the dogs pads. I only boot my dogs front end. This a cheap durable boot and I've never lost one in the field. A pair will last me an entire season and I hunt almost every weekend.