If you’ve ever worn a pair of Hush Puppies shoes before, then you know that this brand of casual, contemporary footwear is one of the best in the market today. Here are some of the things you probably didn’t know about this brand.Hush Puppies offer free shipping both ways for Hush Puppies Shoes.

This brand is a division of a company called Wolverine Worldwide, and currently has its headquarters at Rockford, Michigan. Wolverine licenses or markets the brand for footwear known as Hush Puppies shoes in more than one hundred and twenty countries worldwide. In addition, the brand is also licensed for other non-footwear items such as clothes, toys and eye wear. The brand has always used a Basset Hound for its logo.
In 1958, the brand was founded after Wolverine developed an effective, practical method of tanning pigskin as requested by the US military. Pigskin is one of the sturdiest, most durable leathers, hence the interest of the government. The company decided to try making casual-looking pigskin shoes in order to appeal to the post-war suburbia. The company’s creation became Hush Puppies Shoes. A well known brand in the shoe community.
In the beginning, the shoes were supposed to be called Lasers. However, when the brand’s first ever sales manager, James Gaylord Muir, went out on a business trip, he ate a dish of fried southern corn balls called “hush puppies.” When he asked around regarding the origin, he learned that farmers in the area were accustomed to throwing the corn balls to their hounds in order to silence their barking dogs. Muir remembered that “barking dogs” was an idiomatic expression at that time for “sore feet,” so he went out to create shoes that were comfortable enough to be able to silence “barking dogs” (or “sore feet”). This is the reason why Hush Puppies shoes are the most comfortable shoes you’ll ever find.