Dog boot with liner having integral protruding cushioning pad

A dog boot, suitable for insertion and removal of a dog's leg and paw and operatively providing protective covering about said dog paw, comprising:

• an operatively protective covering having a toe end and an open end and defining a dog paw region operative to surround said dog's paw, and defining a dog leg region operative to surround said dog's leg, said dog paw region located adjacent to said toe end and having a ground engaging surface, said dog leg region located adjacent to said open end;
• a means for contracting said dog leg region;
• and
• an elastomeric liner having a base defining at least a part of said dog leg region and having at least one interference-producing cushion protruding from said elastomeric liner base, said at least one interference producing cushion located on an interior of said dog leg region and having first and second generally opposed major surfaces separated by a thickness of said cushion, said first major surface affixed to said elastomeric liner base and said second major surface separated from said elastomeric liner base by said cushion thickness and protruding interiorly from said operatively protective covering above and immediately adjacent to said dog paw region ground engaging surface operative to produce interference with said dog's paw and thereby resist said dog leg region sliding into contact with said dog's paw.