Winston’s story

In 2020, my Australian Shepherd, Winston, stepped on a piece of glass on a walk through New York City. One $2,000 surgery later, the vet removed the glass and a small stone from his paw.

Streets, trails and fields are no place for bare paws.

Burning pavement, ice salt, germs, chemicals and broken glass. It was only a matter of time before he stepped on the next one.

So I went looking for dog shoes. For a year and a half I tested pair after pair, and they either didn’t fit or didn’t look good. So we made our own. That first design, the Air Pup 1, went into production, and it’s the shoe dogs still wear today.