TAKTIKAL Dr. McHenry's Dog Toe Treads, Set of 24, Adhesive, Cleaning Brush, Increased Traction, Dog Mobility Support, X-Large Kit- Weight: 60-150 lbs. Net Weight 1.6 oz.

Works well. Glue holds a long time. Put them on our Chessie on Dec 26th and they are still on. (Feb 9th.) Helps our girl with standing up. Without the nail caps she struggled hard, with the caps probably an 80 % improvement. She walks 2.5 km per day through all conditions and other than the caps look dirty, they work like intended. 90 lb dog with xl nails.

We adopted an adult dog who was apparently never exposed to hard floors when she was a puppy. Portions of our house had hardwood floors and she avoided them, which made her life a little more difficult (to get to the front door she has to go up one set of stairs and down another rather than just walking to it). Fast forward and she is now a senior. I suppose we all get a little peculiar in our old age and she is no exception - she has become really terrified of the hard floor (it is like a lava sea to her) and if she must cross it, she will try to go quickly and then she will slip and flail like a cartoon character, which only makes her more afraid. I felt like we had tried EVERY solution to give her more traction with no luck. We tried paw balm, grippy spray, grippy rubber powder glued to the pads, traction stickers for the foot pads (that one was nearly a success, but she chewed them off), and little boots. The solutions that worked bothered her, and the things that didn't bother her were ineffective. Eventually we bought a bunch of 2x3 doormats and scattered them around the floor and it helped but it was really not attractive decor.So... the vet recommended toenail caps. I had previously used the colorful type that is intended to protect hardwoods, and I wasn't a fan. This dog has long, thick, fast-growing nails and although we grind them weekly we haven't been able to recede the quicks so they remain long. Undoubtedly this is contributing to her traction issues. The reason I bring this up is that having the caps on the nails prevents us from grinding them weekly which is the only drawback. Anyway, a quick search of Amazon showed me that the McHenry's toe caps are for traction rather than colorful nails or hardwood floors so I decided to give them a try.Once they arrived, I applied them to the two middle toenails (as recommended in the instructions). She wasn't a fan of the application process because it involved me touching her feet, and hubs wasn't home so I was doing it myself and I only got one front paw done. Even with caps on two toes of one foot though, she seemed to notice the difference. Later that day I got one back paw done and there was more improvement and venturing a bit onto the hardwoods. A couple of days later, hubs held her down and I got the other two feet and she was good to go! When all four feet have caps, she can go wherever she wants and we don't have to worry about her falling and hurting herself, or the expensive vet visit to tell us that she just twisted her leg or pulled a muscle.As I said, we normally do her nails (a pedi-pedi!) weekly. There is a little abrasive dremel attachment included in the box of toe caps to help remove the them. After one week with the caps, I tried to remove them as directed but it didn't go quickly so I left them on.After the second week, we HAD to grind her nails so I got the dremel tool out and tried again. This time it went faster. After removing the caps and grinding the nails, we didn't put another set on right away, and she seemed to have a little more confidence to walk across the floor but after a few days (and slips), we were back to where we started so we put another set on. I've just ordered a second box because this is the ONLY thing that has worked for her.Here is some advice that may help with using these:APPLICATION:1. I recommend wearing exam gloves or finger cots for this process. The caps are attached to the nails with Krazy Glue (included) and if your liquid glue goes astray while you are holding this tiny thing between your thumb and one finger, you may get your fingers stuck together in a way that would take scissors or a knife to unstick them (yes, I did that). I suppose you could also get your fingers stuck to your dog's paw which would be even more inconvenient.2. Choose the location where you apply these carefully... if the glue goes astray it could be difficult to remove or damage the surface. If you set the dog's paw down while the glue is still wet, the dog's paw could get stuck to the surface (I had this happen too, but with a different product).REMOVAL:3. If you are dremeling the caps off, run the abrasive spinner thing ALONG the direction of the dog's nail, not across it. Across seems more intuitive, but it can be difficult to keep the tool from pulling to the side of the dog's nail which doesn't accomplish the goal, probably feels weird to the dog, and that's how the owner's nails get messed up (see next point).4. If you are someone who likes to have their own nails look good, removing the caps with the dremel is not something to do right after your manicure. I had put on gel wraps the day before removing the caps and they were destroyed during the dremel process.They are a little expensive, and as I said they do prevent you from grinding your dogs nails. Applying only to the two middle toes of each foot works great and saves money and trouble. If I could change one thing (apart from the price), I would want a way to get the tips only without including the dremel abrasive, and potentially the Krazy Glue - those probably contribute to the price but the amount of glue provided is more than needed and only one dremel thing is probably ever needed, so those likely drive the price up.If you have a pet that needs better traction though, I would thoroughly recommend these. They do their job, apparently without annoying the dog. Its low-key miraculous.

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Wasn’t sure how these would work, if my old lab would let me put them on his nails, or if they would stay. I am shocked and pleased to report, they have stayed on for over a week so far. He’s inside on my wood floors most of the time, but he’s outside daily on the asphalt driveway and running through grass and muddy fields, and they’re still on! They make a HUGE difference for him on the slick wood floors in the house. With his hip issues these have actually helped reduce the pain meds he usually has to take due to difficulty keeping his footing in the house. He hated the socks and boots I’ve tried in the past, plus I had to take them off before he went outside so he didn’t come back loaded with sand spurs and tag alongs. The hole in the tops of the nail covers made putting them on a quick and easy job and kept me from getting super glue all over the place.

My senior dogs feet splay out when she tries to get up. I have tried the sticky pads that adhere to pads of paws, they didn't really work well even after I cut them in different configurations to fit better on the pads. She just chewed them off after a day or two. Then I tried the socks with the rubber grip on the bottom. They twisted around too much even with the velcro strap to hold them in place. Then she chewed them off! My vet recommended these nail tips. I had the groomer put them on after trimming dogs nails. She tried the two middle nails only at first as suggested. They worked really well. Then a week later she applied them to all the nail tips (maybe overkill). The result is she gets up no problem now AND we don't hear her nails clicking on the hardwood floors all the time. Our dog does not even notice they are on. A win win!