Macgyver, I guess I wasn't clear enough. What I was wondering was, would the booties protect the dew claws from snagging on brush and the like? If he was a puppy I would, but call me a softy, I'm reluctant to having his dew claws "amputated," since he is already over halfway grown. He should top out at about 80 to 90 lbs. I'm not going to "run" him, as they say around here, anyway, just wondering if I should get booties in case of bugging out scenario with him.