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[seemlesswaters]

This is going to sound weird because.... well, it is... :

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[ca9i]

You can check out the Odd Shoe Exchange. Lots of one legged people donate one shoe from a pair they've bought and just as many get one:) Check link below:
http://www.oddshoe.org/

I'm assuming you're in the US? If you're not you might want to try:
http://www.youreable.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=615541

[winterknight]

I don't know about the shoes, but I really recommend getting out a book on crate-training. It can alleviate anxiety for the puppy and the owners. After having had ten dogs total in our immediate family circle, nine crate trained, I can't imagine not going that route. Only an older Alsatian who was traumatized in a kennel didn't get a crate.

I know the kind of damage a dog that chews can do. It's really frustrating. I hope you can work something out so everyone ends up happy.

[flutterby3527]

I second this. My dog absolutely loves her crate. It's where she feels the safest when she can't be around me.

Also, sometimes when she gets tired, she chooses to go in there to nap.

[seemlesswaters]

that's what all the info said was supposed to happen, but Riley just never took to it, much less considering it his safe place.

[flutterby3527]

Some dogs just won't do it. My dog had spent about a month in the pound before I adopted her, so she was used to being in a kennel. There really wasn't any training involved. I set up the crate, but the pad in there, and she went right in, no problem at all. I was amazed. Now, when I tell her, "go to bed," or she gets in trouble, or she just plain wants to, she goes into her crate. When I had a roommate, she would go into her crate whenever my roomie's boyfriend would come over if I wasn't home (yeah, she really didn't like him). She really likes having her own space that isn't invaded by anybody (except one of my cats, once in a while).

On the other hand, when I was younger, my family had a Boston Terrier that absolutely would not allow himself to be put in a crate/carrier. He would get violent about it. We had adopted him from a rescue, so our theory was that he was abused, and someone had probably did some bad things to him while in a crate/carrier.

It's definitely not right for all dogs, but when it works, it works well

[elsceetaria]

I don't know what the materials of the shoe are, so this may not be feasible. I would say, however, to recycle the shoe through a program such as Nike Reuse-A-Shoe.

[seemlesswaters]

I don't know any programs other than ones meant for sneakers, which grind the shoes up and use them for tracks (as in running), paving materials and the like. The problem is, the band of the shoe is made from leather (what little is left) and the rest is a foam/cork mix. If you know any programs, please link me?

[sara_k_s]

Use the other shoe as a chew toy for the pup?

[seemlesswaters]

I don't want to do this because he's still young enough that he'll think that since I gave him that shoe, it's ok for him to chew any shoe.

[tanwen]

I totally agree with you. I can never understand why people give old shoes & slippers to their pups to chew on and then they're all surprised when said pup goes after the new ones. Duh!

[f1ymetothemoon]

http://www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/oddshoe.html <-- donate it. Or use it as a planter.