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Originally Posted by DETRoadster
Any pet owners here have advice for dealing with an old dog who is starting to have trouble getting traction on hardwood floors? Bella is starting to slip and slide a bit. Not bad...Yet. She doesn't fall, but I've see her back leg shoot out from under her on occasion. I've heard of people putting down a runway of yoga mats. We have hardwoods throughout so I'd need about 100 of them and it would look so cluttered and ugly. I've seen boots but we tried those years ago for the salt covered slushy trails in new England. She freaked out when we put them on her. Like epic failure. At 15 I dont think this old dog is going to up to learning that new trick if she refused as a puppy.
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Try these
https://shop.toegrips.com/products/toegrips
We used these for our border collie-lab mix and they helped. He destroyed his boots and hated them.
Another thing we did that really helped was acupuncture. There aren't many vets who do it but it made a difference in so many ways. We pulled out all the stops so when it comes to senior dogs and hip/slipping issues I became very well versed in ways to aid in helping him.