A pet footwear article includes a sole and an upper. The upper is formed at least partly of fabric and having a top edge defining a top opening for receiving a paw of a pet and a lower edge being joined to the sole. A set of elastics bands extend laterally about the upper and provides a compressive force to the upper. The stretchable upper can promote a snug fit of the upper about the paw of the pet. The upper can have a vamp portion and a shaft portion, both of which are stretchable.

A size-adjustable animal paw boot and method for donning provides a paw boot that fits over the paw and lower leg portion of a dog. The boot includes a tubular body member having a paw portion with a bottom side, a top side, and a closed end. The paw portion is sized to surround a paw of an animal. The body member also includes a lower leg portion having an open end that surrounds the lower leg of animal. A cable joins to the lower leg portion for wrapping around and fastening the body member to the lower leg of the animal. An adjustable sole overlays the bottom side of the body member, and is fixedly wrappable to reposition along the bottom and top sides of paw portion for accommodating narrow and wide paws. Hook and loop fasteners wrap around the paw to secure the sole to the paw portion.

A treatment compound for hoof disease in an animal has a base material and treatment agent. The base material is wax, resin, paste, polymer, oil, or creme. The treatment agent is zinc, copper, oxytetracycline, or tetracycaline. The treatment compound is applied to a hoof area and has a high viscosity in the range of 100,000 to 2,000,000 centipoises to retain the treatment compound on the hoof in a normal animal environment. The treatment compound can be applied by brush, spray, roller, or dipping. The treatment compound is curable by air or UV light to provide a durable, robust shell. The treatment compound can be applied to an interior surface of a boot which is disposed over the hoof to retain the treatment compound on the hoof in normal animal environments. The boot is color coded to indicate length of time that the boot has been applied.

There is also provided a self-sustainable body-cooling garment for cooling a body portion of a human or an animal adapted to use the air pumping footwear and a cooling system for cooling the human or animal's body. There is provided a footwear comprising an air pump adapted to pump air when worn by a human or an animal during a pedestrian movement and to store or direct the pumped air for use by a cooling system for cooling the pumped air and using the cooled air for cooling the human or the animal. There is also provided a cooling system comprising an air pump adapted to be embedded within a footwear and a nozzle adapted to cool air pumped using the footwear when worn by a human or animal during a pedestrian movement.

A hoof protection apparatus and method includes a hoof support platform with a top, a bottom, a front, a first side, a second side, and a space between the first side and the second side, where the front is connected by a hinge device to the first side and by a hinge device to the second side such that the first side is independently movable and such that the second side is independently movable. At least three separate hoof contact devices are provided where at least one hoof contact device is connected to the front of the hoof support platform and at least one hoof contact device is connected to the first side and at least one hoof contact device is connected with the second side. An attachment device for attaching the hoof protection apparatus to a hoof is provided where the attachment device is removably attached to the hoof protection apparatus.

A pet protection system includes a leg portion having a first end having a first cross-section having a flexible opening to insert a pet foot therethrough; an angled portion coupled to the first end and having a second cross-section greater than the first cross-section; and a second end coupled to the angled portion, wherein the second end has a third cross-section greater than the second cross-section; and a body portion coupled to the leg portion, the body portion forming a loop that fits securely on a body of the pet.

The present invention relates to a therapeutic blanket (1) with weight elements. The blanket (1) comprises a first textile layer (11), a second textile layer (12), and a plurality of weight elements (2) arranged between the first textile layer (11) and the second textile layer (12). Each one of the plurality of weight elements (2) is individually fixed at a predefined position between the first textile layer (11) and the second textile layer (12), and none of the plurality of weight elements (2) are in direct contact with another weight element (2). The present invention is at least partially based on the realisation that by individually arranging weight elements (2) at predefined positions within a therapeutic blanket (1), where none of the weight elements (2) are in direct contact with each other, a blanket (1) with better breathing properties and less noise issues may be achieved.

Systems and methods for detecting lameness in a limb of an animal are described herein. In an embodiment, a lameness detection system comprises a plurality of wearable footwear elements. Each of the footwear elements comprises a housing that is configured to fit snugly on a paw of the animal during ordinary gait. Each of the footwear elements comprise a sensor or matrix of sensors that is configured to detect and generate data representative of pressure or force exerted by the paw on a ground surface. Each footwear element additionally comprises a wireless transceiver that is configured for short-distance communication of the data captured by the sensors. The system further comprises a computing device with a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the transceivers of the footwear elements and instructions which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to analyze lameness in a limb of the animal based on data received from the sensors.

A product for therapeutic, non-slip animal boots. The product includes boots of various materials molded into grids and shaped to cover an animal's paws, and a means of securing the boots to the animal's paws.

The soxer holds a stretched sock so you can seat the dog's paw into the sock to eliminate nails and dew claws catching in the material of the sock. Once the paw is seated the soxer rolls up the leg to give the sock a perfect fit around your dog's leg. The soxer makes putting on the socks a one-person job.