These boots are made for rolling.The Best Friend Mobility Dog Skates is a one-of-a-kind mobility aid for handicapped and disabled pets. Pets with disabling conditions such as degenerative myelopathy, disk disease, neoplasia, and spinal stroke are usually prone to dragging their paws. Our Dog Skates are designed to keep your pet from dragging and knuckling their paws when moving around.Built using sturdy yet lightweight materials with comfortably padded straps, it’s a great complementary accessory for pets that use dog wheelchairs for mobility due to limited motor or weight-bearing capacity for their hind legs. Instead of keeping their paws off the ground using tie-backs, dog skates are a more comfortable option as these keep the hind legs in their natural position during walking.Dog Skates also help them move with the regular cadence associated with a normal gait. The front and hind legs can move fluidly, which is especially helpful for dogs with limited function of their hind legs. This Best Friend Mobility accessory is not only safe, it’s also fun to use.HEALS PAW KNUCKLINGHelps increase flexibility of pets suffering from paw knuckling, eventually decreasing it, due to the string attached to the safety ring wrapped around the leg lifting the front of the boot.DESIGNED FOR WHEELCHAIR-BOUND PETSDog skates add mobility support for dogs on wheelchairs due to limited hind leg mobility and weight-bearing capacity; legs can move more freely using the rolling dog skates compared to tie-backs that may hinder hind leg function.PROMOTES NATURAL MOTIONUsing the removable roller skates allows wheelchair-bound pets to move with a regular cadence found in a normal gait, providing them with a more natural feeling of locomotion.PROTECTS PAWSUsing Dog Skates gives added protection to the paws by preventing dragging and allowing your pet to switch from walking to rolling.ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNEDBuilt for ease of use, made of comfortable and lightweight materials; comes in five sizes.