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He's got a lot more Mastiff in him than Boxer and measuring his feet at the widest point is around 8.3 or 8.4 cm, so XX-Large it was! I'll be trying them on with a sock or stocking of some sort first, of course, just in case... He's a big boy - at the dog beach the only dogs bigger than him are Danes. Erin

I got your reply just after I'd purchased the Grip Trex...I've previously visited Dogs in Motion as we were considering purchasing a splint for Ralph when it didn't look like he'd stop knuckling. I have to say that the site has improved lots since I last visited. If I find that these boots aren't appropriate (gosh I hope not for $120) then I will definitely give the ones on your site a try.

Thank you all for your suggestions...I've decided to bite the bullet and get the Grip Tex shoes, although I had to search for a store that stocked them in XX-Large. They do look very sturdy, and the fact is that he NEEDS them, I can't get past that. I'm hoping that as he only needs one, we'll have 3 back up shoes...I know they say that some dogs won't tolerate only one shoe, but like Puggle's puppy, Ralph was ripping the skin off the top of his paw for a while and easily tolerated a leather pouch wrapped around one foot, hopefully he'll be the same with shoes. I'll have to post a photo with them on when we get them, I can't wait to see my 70 kg boofer walking around with sneakers on! Once again, thank you for all the suggestions. Erin and Ralph.

Hi all, I have a 3 year old Mastiff X that recently suffered a bruised spinal cord. He was initially paralysed in both of his hind legs, but has now recovered full use of his right leg and most of the use of his left. When he first regained use of his left leg he was knuckling his paw, he now only knuckles around 5% of the time, usually when he is excited and running or chasing something. Of course, being excited, he doesn't take proper care of his paw and he has managed to rip off three of his toenails to the point of bleeding. These will slightly heal and then the next day when he runs outside again, he makes them bleed again. It's painful for him, and I can't count the number of times I've been on my hands and knees scrubbing the carpet of all the blood! I've looked into dog boots and found some made in the US that are suitable for dogs that drag their paws. They were US$26.95 for a pair...but then around US$50 for postage and handling. I've been trying to find something similar in Australia, but most appear to be 'fashion' or protective simply from mud. I'm wondering if anyone who has tried the booties would recommend them for my puppy - they're so cheap on ebay that I'm wondering whether it would be worth just buying them and replacing them when necessary. Of course not if they break after only a week or so! Or if anyone knows of somewhere in Australia that makes protective (dragging paw protective) booties, again, I'd be interested! Erin (and Ralph)

Yer the google searches on rimadyl don't sound very promising...my dog has HD and I've had him on Flexicose, someone from this forum recommended it to me and it is the most fantastic stuff, I noticed the difference within like a week. It's liquid glucosamine, chrondroitin, and all that other good stuff. The pup was in pain before and now he can jump into the back of the car. www.flexicose.com $30 American, but the shipping is free and it always arrives within a week

I was thinking also, if I put him onto the Flexicose, would I be able to stop buying the Calcium Ascorbate and Fish Oil caps, seeing as this Flexicose has all that extra stuff?

Rather than start a new thread, I thought I might use this one... I wrote a while back about my baby having HD, we've put him onto powdered Vitamin C and Fish Oil caps which have worked WONDERS, like noticable improvement in a couple of days, not to mention an extra GLOSS to his coat :D BUT what I was wondering is if anyone has found somewhere cheap to buy this stuff from? I've been checking online, I currently pay $10 for 100g of Calcium Ascorbate at the health food store, but being a tightwad anything cheaper is good. Interested in getting pup-pup onto glucosamine as well, the 29.95 on the flexicose site sounds awse, is this australian or american dollars tho? Ta.