I had always figured the paw pads on most canines and felines would render the need for shoes largely redundant, though I'm not sure exactly how thick those tend to be.

Depends on the person, I suppose. Luck's not as callused as some.

Ive been trying to figure out how to put shoes on my Digitigrade characters for a while now, this is a great idea

Look up pictures of dog booties for more real world examples. I seen um.

good guide :D

XD dear god there is no proper way for me to voice my gratitude to you for this!!! There are so few furs from what I can find that are both digitigrade and wear shoes! Just trying to make a design that would work and find shapes that fit were ridiculously hard for picture I'm working on!!! No joke, this has saved me days of work and rework XD they should at the very least give you a Nobel Peace Prize for this!!

I'm not sure how much peace I've brought to the world by briefly elaborating on a hypothetical design for shoes meant for nonexistent digitigrade bipeds, but I'll take the compliment all the same. *smiley face*

Sometime down the road I'll probably do an extended series of these.

lol with how many days it took me to try to get something workable and not quite getting there I think you've earned it! lol this is a trend/concept I'd like to see get more popular to be honest! Paws are cool and everything but at the same time it's nice to have shoes that work with your character!

And I'll be sure to be around to see it!

Good concept realization!

Thanks for posting this. I was trying to figure out how something like this would work.