In this photo, taken the morning of Violet's return to the great outdoors after 4 weeks of stall rest, you can see her cheap little bell boots designed to protect her from goofy mishaps as she runs pell mell. I don't really like these boots. They were so hard to put on! But she was very patient and good and quiet and sensible as I struggled with the task. Instead, I like her velcro boots, but I didn't want to use them in the deep snow because they are so soft and would flip up. So, these are her icky winter boots!