Dr Buzby's Grote Teengrepen voor Honden - Onmiddellijke Tractie op Hout/Hardhouten Vloeren, Antislip Grijpers voor Oudere Honden, Stoppen Met Glijden - Rubberen Nagels - 1

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!

Es erfüllt wirklich seinen Zweck und mein Hund merkt nicht dass er sie dran hat. Sterneabzug wegen dem Preis, drauf machen ist auch mühsam und der Hund verliert sie extrem schnell. Gott sei Dank bei uns in der Wohnung. So kann ich sie nochmal verwenden.

I struggled to find any type of nail cover for my spaniel with arthritis and vestibular disease that didn’t involve a nail glue (which I wanted to avoid).I couldn’t believe the cost of these vs what you get; a typical case of a greedy company thinking their solution justified the price.Still, seeing my dog slide on the floor, potentially hurting themselves, I needed to try these.When they are in place, I think they do take the edge off the slips, I do. But I got twenty in a pack and already we’ve lost more than half, so they’re now beyond pointless.If you want a couple of weeks of relief for them, then that’s gonna be £50 in this case. I couldn’t believe they’d work so I bought them thinking that if they were ineffective, I could send them back. I have hardly anything to send back. £50 wasted.Don’t do it unless you’re willing to invest that each month. I don’t know many who could. Probably more cost-effective to invest in more rugs.

These made a dramatic difference immediately, our golden retriever was more confident and didn't slip on our bamboo flooring. We only use on her back legs to save on cost and that's all that's needed.

If you have a senior dog that slips on hardwood or laminate floors, do not hesitate to buy these. Expensive? Yes. Worth it not seeing your beloved pup struggle and fall? Also Yes.Thank you for the amazing invention Dr. Buzby!