The last pair of dog boots
Happy Equinox!
Can we take it as a sign of Spring that Fi-Dough is down to their final pair of dog boots?
Note to the editor: dogs are quadrupeds and, ordinarily, dog boots are sold in sets that include one boot for each foot. -Canis Major
Strummer has been ready for Spring since February. I am convinced that she was suffering from seasonal affective disorder. She was never thrilled about having to wear her Muttluks, despite their beautiful Bruins colors, but being the little stoic that she is, she grinned and beared it.
Until one day she'd had enough of wearing her boots. And who can blame her? Haven't we all had enough of our boots this winter? She was meeting a new dog at Norton's Woods one evening and and she curled her lips—the little grumple-puss—which is very rare for her. I took off her boots, and she cheered up a bit.
So the next snow-fall, we walked to Fi-Dough (the Somerville store, on Beacon Street) and I got some Musher's Secret™.
Musher's Secret also protects dog's pads against ice balls and salt-burn. It is non-toxic and "will not stain carpeting" (though there are a few suspicious paw-prints on the carpet in front of the door to my office).
Strummer doesn't try to lick the Musher's Secret off her paws, and she's her usual bouncy self when she's wearing it, though the boots are a lot better at controling the ice balls that form around her ankles.