A Case for Toe Socks

Re:A Case for Toe Socks by idopmstuff on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:47PM (#36425108)

My in-laws are immigrants from Europe, and they have a no-shoe policy. They also have a German Shepherd and a Lab who go out for three walks a day and traipse around in the backyard in between. Makes the lack of shoes seem sort of pointless to me.

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Re:A Case for Toe Socks by guidoism on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:12PM (#36426031)

For me the shoes thing isn’t about dirt. It’s about public bathrooms. If a shoe has stepped in a public bathroom. Especially those in bars or gas stations I don’t want that shit (literally) being spread al over my house.

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Re:A Case for Toe Socks by idopmstuff on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:36PM (#36426683)

My dogs step in their own shit sometimes. They're idiots, but I still generally wouldn't assume a dog hasn't stepped on a surface worse than a public bathroom.

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Re:A Case for Toe Socks by quicklime on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @09:12PM (#36426912)

In New York a lot of dogs wear shoes when they’re out in walks, which I assume are taken off when they go back home.

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Re:A Case for Toe Socks by morkalork on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:54PM (#36427496)

I've known people who trained their dogs to stamp/pat their feet on an old folded up towel laid by the door. Seemed pretty ingenious given how wet and slushy the climate is half the year.

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