Wet weather turns a ten-minute walk into a floor-mopping job, and most of that mess arrives on four paws. These flexible silicone boots pull straight over them, so the puddles your dog insists on standing in stay outside rather than being tracked down the hall. They go on in seconds at the door and come off just as quickly when you get home.

Silicone is the reason they work. The material is waterproof by nature rather than coated, so nothing wears off with use, and the stretchy cuff grips above the paw to hold each boot in place instead of relying on a strap or a buckle. That same stretch means they rinse under a tap and dry off without soaking, which matters more than it sounds when you are doing this twice a day through a British winter. A chick motif on each boot is the only decoration.

• Set of four flexible silicone boots
• Stretchy cuffs hold them on without straps or buckles
• Waterproof silicone keeps mud and rain off the paw
• Suited to small dogs of roughly 0.5 to 7.5kg
• Available in yellow or blue, in sizes S and M
• Rinse under a tap and leave to dry

On sizing: The two sizes stocked, S and M, suit dogs of roughly half a kilo up to seven and a half. Measure the width of your dog's paw at its widest point before ordering, and if you have a labrador, these are not the boots for you.

Who it's for: owners of small dogs who would rather spend the first minute back from a walk hanging up a lead than wiping down four muddy paws.