Mr. Barkles, with his switch-activated squeaks, boasts breathable fabric and a roomy fit, secured by Velcro straps. A dreamer of the cosmos, he's traded doggy comforts for a life as a space-bound canine. While he yearns for lunar fetch or Martian adventures, he's currently focused on immediate goals like spacewalks, leashed for safety.
K**N
Best shoe I have ever found. Miracle shoes doing miracles in our home.
My daughter toe walks. We’ve spent a ridiculous amount of money to get her to wear shoes and she’s never has. She’s four and a half. Hundreds of dollars on shoes. I found these on a google search of best shoes for AFOs. Wish I would’ve found these years ago.First off she loves auditory input. So the squeak is right up her alley and she’ll do what is necessary to get them to squeak. That motivation alone has her heel to toe walking which is a miracle in our home. Haven’t even needed to use the AFOs though we are going to. Maybe if I found these years ago we wouldn’t need them to begin with.Now most shoes when you put them on her she walks weird. Like a dog does when putting on shoes. The funny walk that people video tape and put on fb. It’s cute but counterproductive for our needs. These are the first shoe she walked naturally in, didn’t panic when the shoe was on, and didn’t send her into sensory overload. It’s a miracle I tell you.Watching her run heel to toe is tear jerking. She loves the squeak and it urges her to run to get the squeak faster. It’s such a huge deal.Her leg tendon/muscles aren’t so tight. Part of her PT is massaging and stretching the tendon so it’s not so taught. Which is a fear of toe walking kids. As well as the surgery a lot have to go through by cutting the Achilles’ tendon and reattaching it. Toe walkers over time make it so tight that that’s the only option. It happens a lot to them in their teens. I absolutely do not want that for my baby. Intervention is paramount. These are priceless miracle shoes for us.The designs are super freaking adorable as well as the names of the shoes. I mean come on, those are amazing and whoever thought them up was a genius.I loved them so much we got two pairs for my daughter. One for inside and outside. We may get a third if the AFOs stretch out the shoe. Tbh I’m just happy she’ll wear them and excited there’s so many different designs I’d buy the whole dang collection. We bought Duchess Bubble Sparkles the unicorn and Leo Longfire the dragon for her (so far and I mean how cute are those names) and Captain Zuga the pirate skull shoe for my 16 month old. These are this houses shoes from now on and I won’t buy any others.My only plea is the sizes stop at 13. We got 10s for her due to the AFO you need to buy a bigger size and they don’t have half sizes which tbh isn’t a big deal at all. But. They stop at size 13. Please please please from the bottom of my heart make them for bigger kids. We have time till her foot gets there but I’ll be devastated when she outgrows the last size shoe. I mean we have time probably years in fact (I hope). I’m even tempted to buy one of each size just to have them for the future just in case.Can’t say enough about these shoes. Oh they have a squeaker you can turn off and on I’m not sure if I mentioned that. Sweetest sound I’ve ever heard as it only squeaks when you walk heel to toe. Super soft material with give. Both my kids seem to do awesome in them and my daughter is flourishing in them. Can’t say enough amazing things about them.Miracle shoes. Pure and simple.
8**9
10 stars
I’ve bought almost every single style of these shoes for my kiddo, and these orange tiger ones are probably my favorite. I didn’t realize that the heel has its tail- so precious. This brand was originally recommended by his PT because he needed AFOs then SFO braces, and these shoes are wide enough with enough flexibility in the footbed that those braces can fit comfortably. Now that he doesn’t need braces, we find they are wider but he doesn’t seem to mind.He is known at school as the cutie pie with the squeaky shoes; his classmates can hear him coming down the hall to class every morning and people get excited to see him. I’ve even had people who work at his school hear his shoes in Walmart and come to find us and say hello. I found the brown doggies and the black penguin designs are perfect as dress up shoes, without having to buy uncomfortable dress shoes he’ll only wear once or twice. They are lightweight and very durable.I will mourn the day he grows out of this brand. All this to say- these are the absolute best, most supportive and adorable shoes on the market. Buy them all.
V**4
Squeaky shoes
The shoes are too stinking cute. Absolutely adore all the different designs. High quality. Good Straps. A bit big on my LO but can't wait for him to squeaking around the house. Will definitely be purchasing other designs!
M**A
Love these
I really wanted squeaky shoes for my 17month old. First, you can turn off the squeaker if you want which I think is cool. Second, for someone younger, the noise isn’t every step. They do have to hit it right to make noise and my son walks more on his tip toes. I love hearing the noise. The little dog detail is cute and the height is perfect with stability. They are super easy on and off. Love watching him walk by and confuse the dogs with the noise. Will definitely purchase another pair. These have encouraged our son to be more mobile outside and not always wanting to be carried.
G**E
so darn cute
so. darn. cute.my kid just loves putting them on and stopping on them. and shes a new walker so i was very picky. im also a bit of a scrooge so i think the cheaper the shoes the better because shes just gonna out grow them anyway. but here i am, writing a review, not being paid for, saying that the fit is great, the shoe is fun, and really protects but also doesnt contrain the feet.
L**N
Squeaky shoes
My grandson hasn’t received this gift for his first birthday yet. So I can only rate it based on my experience. The product looks like the photos only the fabric is shiny which I think is beautiful. But the shoes are hard to make squeak with my hands. I’m afraid if I can’t make the squeaker squeak then my grandson won’t either. Buy the ditching looks good and the bottoms are cute. The switch is easy to move.I’d order from them again. A shoe box instead of a cloth bag would be better for gift giving.
H**Y
Works with SMO/AFOs
They squeak and my toddler loves them! They also fit his SMO orthotics perfectly!! These are so fun 😊 great for a wide foot and/ or orthotics!!
C**T
Great for SMO Orthotics
The media could not be loaded. I am not sure about durability as we haven’t worn them but in the house a couple hours a day, but I love them so much we are buying a second pair to wear outside the house for our SMO’s. Daughter loves the squeaker. Super cute. Easy to put on over the SMO brace. 10/10. She is usually a size 4 and I sized up to a 5 to be sure.
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