I've seen some negative opinions about shoes to try and protect the pads of dogs - who had them or had tried them and what are your thoughts? My Springer is 7 - I walk a hell of a lot - I take her away on my campervan and our daily walks can be 4-5hrs - asking rural footpaths, across styles, etc but on some occasions, even though I think the ground is relatively soft (muddy, grassy) there are times when her pads have a layer of skin hanging off. She doesn't have any sense and would just keep going - I end up putting her on a lead to save her from herself and then, of her pads are damaged, we have rest days which usually messes up my holiday/time away in the van. If I walk 100m she zig zags around and covers 500m maybe even 800m so on my 10-15 mile walks she might be covering 50-100 miles - an incredible thought. I know there are walks in the peak District where there is a lot of limestone that I need to limit what she does - either I put her on the lead or simply walk less. Are any kind of dog shoes going to help her at all or will the uncertainty underfoot cause more problems for her? She was trained as gun dog so there's nothing I have been able to do to stop her from continuously searching left and then right - short of keeping her on a lead most of the time.