What do you guys think about dog boots or booties for walking? Does walking on pavement or concrete hurt their paws a lot?

no more than any other dog.. A dog's paws will handle concrete just fine for walks through town. It's the extended running, jogging, and hiking on rocks that will wear and tear on a dogs paws.

I wouldn't be too worried about booties if you will just be taking the pup for routine walks.

Thanks for the quick reply hah didn't think anyone else would be on this time of night

what about for like bikejoring when she gets older?

Skip the boots, thus you can skip the nail trimming. I've never had to trim Adobo or Biko's nails as we walk about 30 miles a week on all different surfaces.

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what about for like bikejoring when she gets older?

I wouldn't worry about it unless you're going to be going for a really long run on really tough terrain.
During the fall my team does 5 mile sprints on dirt trails and gravel roads and I've never had a foot problem or had to use booties so you should be fine.

we have booties more for injured paws on hikes as i cant keep them on in the snow and they still fall off on the rough rock hiking. we use them more if they start bleeding and we need to keep it safe on the hike.
dogbooties.com is a great place to get some for just in case

and im with Len, love that the concrete from waking wears the nails down so no trimming is needed.

My 2 don't wear booties...we walk everyday on the sidewalk, about 2 miles everyday. On weekends we try to get out on a hike 2 or 3 times a month, or snowshoeing/skijor in the winter. We use Musher's Secret in the winter to help prevent the snow from balling up in their paws. We haven't had any issues with their pads wearing down....and I haven't had to trim their nails in over a year...

I put shoes on kiara now, never had to trim hers either. I got some "ultra paws" off amazon for a good price. Here she is trying them on, https://www.itsahuskything.com/t4648-kiara-s-new-shoes

I would reccommend them on any intense activity on pavement. I took kiara bike jouring the first time and it tore up her paws really bad, I felt horrible... They took a really long time to heal... Her pads were completely peeled off and they were all pink and bleeding a little.

Ok thanks for the replies guys! Love this forum.