YES OUR OLIVERR KICKS THE BOOTS OFF ALSO HE HATES THEM ON AND WE HAVE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES..THE SOFT ONES WITH THE VELCRO STRAP AROUND THE ANKLE ARE BETTER THAN THOSE HARDER ONES OF LEATHER WITH THE ZIPPERS AND STUFF..U CAN ACTUALLY HURT THEIR LEG WITH THOSE WHEN THEY TRY TO GET THEM OFF..
BUT I THINK THEY GET CONFUSED ALSO WHEN THEY RUN OUT AND THE SNOW IS TALLER THAN THEY ARE AND ALL AROUND THEM AND THEY DO NOT SEE ANY SCENERY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY ARE ..SO THEY PANIC AND JUST RUN OR SIT OR IN UR CASE LAY THERE... MANY PEOPLE LOOSE THEIR DOG IN THE SNOW IF HE HAS NO LEASH AND JUST RUNS OFF WITH THE SNOW EVERY WHERE...WHEN WE HAVE ALOT OF SNOW WE DIG A TRENCH FOR HIM TO RUN OUT AND THEN RUN RIGHT BACK IN AND THEN BACK OUT AND SO ON..ONCE THE SNOW AND ICE ARE GONE HE WILL GET OUT MORE
THE ICE IS ALSO SLIPPERY WHICH CATCHES THEM OFF GUARD AND THEY CAN ALSO EASILY INJURE THEMSELVES ..
