Nice. Looks like Haflingers have gone out of business (I went to look them up) I see you can still buy them elsewhere, but their website is no longer. I have been buying hard sole mocs from various companies about 15 years now, starting with Bearpaw--but they began making all their crap in China, so I was doing L.L. Bean, and after awhile, they did the same... Minnetonka Moccasins are doing it too, sadly. But I still buy their shoes for indoors. Being diabetic and I have neuropathy, I have to keep my feet covered at all times to avoid infection.
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I think if you're looking for a soft slipper that is like the Haflingers but also covers the heel, Uggs has some...and there are copycat Uggs as well, but I also know L.L. Bean makes something similar. A stiff sole with a soft insole and outsole.
They have? Oh man, that's sad. They're quality shoes. My old coworker got me turned on to them years ago - she wore them constantly, but I could only afford a wool pair at the time to wear around the house.
Do everything you can! My mom (also diabetic) wouldn't wash her legs much (severely obese and probably had some serious arthritis as well), so she would get dry, bark-like skin on her lower legs and ended up in the hospital with cellulitis more times than I can count. Multiple bouts of sepsis from waiting too long, because she knew any hospital trip would be at least a week. Prevention is very much the ticket!
