Over 20 years ago, I was with a friend at a dog show. I was there with her prized English Mastiff, 200+ lbs of muscle. I was walking the dog on moist grass towards the show grounds. The dog became distracted and took off... I went skiing that day.
I had the wrong footwear.
After that I switched to wearing hiking boots when working with dogs. I had better traction, they were waterproof, I had more foot support, and the wide toe box was easier on my feet after a long day of work.
Yeah, I got some kidding from people wondering why I was wearing hiking books when I wasn’t hiking. I still get those comments. But they didn’t train dogs. They didn’t realize that not only did I wear them for traction, some dogs bite… and hiking boots have protected me more than once during an evaluation.
My current working shoe is the Oboz Men's Sawtooth X Mid B-Dry Hiking Boot
Women’s Version is the Oboz Women's Sawtooth X Mid B-Dry Hiking Boot
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