REPETITION, CONSISTENCY & PATIENCE

Your dog doesn’t hate walking in shoes – they’re just unfamiliar!
Training them to walk in shoes is just like training them to potty outside or sit. Repetition, consistency, and patience.

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FOOD & TREAT MOTIVATION

If your dog is food motivated, they’re very easy to train to love our dog shoes! All you need is some treats along the way to help reinforce this new feeling of wearing shoes.

Our Training Tips

The first time wearing shoes isn’t always easy – for humans OR animals! Here are our best tips to getting your pup started in their new kicks.

Back Paws First

When you put on your pup’s shoes the first time, start with the back paws. Their back paws are less sensitive and this helps prevent them from trying to bite them off. Once they’re on securely, give them positive reinforcement – treats and praise!

Treat Trail

Once you have those back paw shoes on, we recommend setting up a trail of treats. Now that they have to walk to get the treats, they can get used to walking in the shoes

Start Indoors

We know you might be tempted to take your dog outside right away with their new shoes, but we find it best to get them used to the shoes indoors before going outside.