I cannot recommend these boots more highly. Let me start by saying that I had bought them before and returned them. I thought that they were difficult to get on and keep on and when my dog tried to walk in them his reaction was so absurd I thought it wasn't even worth trying further. Then this past winter happened. We had an unprecedented amount of snow and it was bitterly cold for almost 2 months. My dog doesn't want to go to the bathroom in his yard and to be honest, he couldn't anyway because of all of the snow. We had to get out onto the road. This quickly became a problem because the cold would burn his paws and after just a block of walking he would stop and pick up his paws for me to rub. I returned to Facebook, desperate for a solution. A friend immediately recommended the Muttlucks. I scoffed and said that I had already tried them and they were ridiculous. He laughed at me and said that I must have bought the wrong size, directing me to the company website for sizing instructions and tips on how to acclimate your dog to wearing the boots. After reading the product information and recommendations in detail (the earlier pair I had bought retail at a pet supply store) I decided to give them another chance. The size needed and color I preferred was not available from the manufacturer, so I came here to Amazon and found a pair. Had I bought them earlier in the season, I could have bought them for half the cost, but I was clearly not the only dog owner looking for a solution for frozen paws in 2015. I worried again if this was going to be an expensive failure. Putting them on for the first time was just hysterical. My dog was reasonably compliant but he had this...what are you doing to me....expression on his face that was just pathetic and very funny. The manufacturer instructions were to get them on all the way and then use the velcro straps to secure them tightly. I learned that really, the tighter the better. I also kept the knit sock portion pulled all the way up his leg, which was very silly looking, but this was all about function over form. When he took his first steps in the kitchen with the Muttluks on, I was pretty skeptical. He was walking like Bambi when he first stands up. But others had told me that the key was to get your dog out and moving with them on. And so we did. The first walk was not easy. He was walking like Bambi and I kept worrying that the boots were going to fall off. They didn't. The walking got better as he realized that he was outside and his paws were not cold. The next day it was a little easier getting the boots on. By the end of 5 days, he was really fine with me putting the boots on. I think the association with boots and walk had already been established. We walked every day for about an hour with the boots on (and a coat) through March. After the snow had melted quite a bit and it was not as bitterly cold, we still used the boots because they were now keeping his paws dry and preventing all of the snow, ice melt and chemical and winter slop from being tracked into the house. I didn't see any other dog wearing boots this winter, but we were stopped regularly by other dog owners asking about how they worked, did my dog like them, etc. When we went to the vets for an annual physical, his vet was so impressed with the product and how my dog wore and walked in them that he took him to two other examining rooms to show other dog owners who had been lamenting the difficulty getting their dogs out in the winter, what they looked like and how they worked. I washed them twice. Once midway through the winter and another time at the end of the season. They had plenty of mileage on them but stood up to laundering well and we are all set for next winter. I am so happy with my purchase and I really recommend them enthusiastically to any dog owner. One bit of advice - buy them before the season starts. You will be able to find the size and color you want and will most likely not have to pay the premium price you will have to pay if the weather increases demand. That said, I think these Muttluks were worth every penny that I paid for them two times over this past season.