Holly the Hack strikes again

It has been quite snowy around here lately.  And our weekend excursions to the mountains were being cut short by a little problem.  Gesso kept getting ice-balls stuck between the pads of his paws and then he would have to sit down and lick/melt them out.  We felt like pretty bad parents.  And so we took Gesso shoe shopping (have you ever taken your dog shoe shopping?  It was quite furry, sniffy, and funny), and found these booties.  After asking/reading around we weren't quite sure they were the solution.  Expensive and easily lost, they seemed like a bad idea.  What to do??

Make some?  Okay.  I made two sets, one with fleece and one with nylon.  It was very simple construction and we just measured his paws and made some alterations after the first wear.

We tested them out in a foot race (Gesso won).

And then skiing the next day.  They worked great!  We ended up losing two booties (which was pretty amazing actually--we were up a steep snowy mountain, after all.), but I just came home and made some more.  Easy!  Cheap!  Gesso looks like he's a little embarrassed in this picture, don't ya think?

And while we're on the subject, I feel like I need to address Gesso's other problem.  He eats everything.  I mean everything.  Did you want to see a list?

-one bunch of bananas (peels included)

-one half loaf of bread (bag included)

-four chocolate cupcakes covered in ganache and sprinkles (cupcake liners included)

-five rising rolls (still partially frozen)

-half a box of dry linguine noodles

And those are just the things I know about.  I promise I'm a very tidy person!  I just leave the kitchen for one second and he moves in and attacks.

Me + the vet = best friends.  He's on my speed dial.