Dang, that is tough. I think I might use the time to become bff's with a hardwood floor finisher. Booties aren't hard to keep on a dog. We use them on our border collie to keep her dry when she goes potty in the rain. She loves putting them on. We make a HUGE deal out of how pretty she is in them (girls love shoes) and she practically prances in them. I don't think it would be tough to keep them on an inside dog- a PITA maybe but not too hard.