Alternatives to travel boots

[mudmonkey17]

What do people use on horses that won't tolerate travel boots?

I am not brilliant at bandaging so looking for other ideas.

Thanks x

 

[glamourpuss]

Urm....nothing One of mine gets silly in the box pawing etc he is worse if booted up.
I wasn't initially happy leaving boots off but he seems fine without & much happier.

 

[Django Pony]

Knee, hock and overeach boots

 

[Abbeygale]

PE stable wraps. They have some coverage over heels and up to knees and are nice and easy to use

 

[PolarSkye]

Brushing and overreach boots all round. Doesn't protect knees and hocks, but does take care of the lower legs.

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[TGM]

We have two horses that hate hind travel boots so we use these turnout boots:

http://www.equilibriumproducts.com/leg_protection/equi_chapsreg_hardy_chaps/

They don't seem to annoy them the way the regular travel boots do.

 

[HighFive]

Another vote for the PE stable boots.

 

[mudmonkey17]

Thanks for those replies most helpful. Like the idea of the pe boots as can be used in stable aswell for filled legs. Brilliant idea

 

[HardySoul1]

Apart from the obvious bandages (fine if your horse will stand still long enough :rollseyes: )
we use the soft quilted travel boots made by Polypads or similar. Horses that hate that restricted feeling of the stiff boots which cover from hock/knee to hoof don't seem to mind these at all. Mine have done thousands of miles in them over the past ten years with no mishaps and they walk and load happily in them. Really quick to put on with wide velcro straps. You can usually get them second hand cheap off Ebay if you want to try them out.

 

[djlynwood]

Another one here who uses the PE stable wraps.

 

[nikkimariet]

Brushing boots front and back, over reach boots on front (and hobbles on back for Fig!!).

 

[happy_talk]

PE stable boots- added bonus is they don't realise they are going to travel, so don't get as stressed in stable as you are getting ready!

 

[becca1305]

I use PE stable boots (+ hock boots) or alternatively snuggy hoods do soft fleece stable/travel boots which I dont need to use hock boots with as they come higher up hinds but mare doesn't seem to mind them as they are soft . Both are easy to clean - PE have detachable liners so tend to just regularly wash the inners, and snuggy boots are fleece so wash well too.

 

[Tr0uble]

Turnout chaps behind and overreaches in front.

 

[porkpie]

Brushing boots front and back, over reach boots on front (and hobbles on back for Fig!!).

Me too but also been considering hobbles as mine is a bugger and kicks - is that why you use hobbles nikkimariet?

 

[wench]

Nothing.

 

[TarrSteps]

With very young horses going out the first few times I travel in their working boots or, possibly, nothing if they aren't shod. I know it's a risk but taking off an excited horse at the other end can be a circus, too - I think it's better for everyone sometimes to be able get on and go rather than having a drama about something that doesn't need to be.

I've also had to crawl under more than one horse to get travel boots off when they horse has stepped on the bottom/overheated/otherwise stressed about them. In each case we sort of knew it might be a problem going in so had only myself to blame!

 

[YasandCrystal]

Nothing

 

[JustKickOn]

Exercise boots on the front, nothing on the back as she doesn't like things on her back legs.

 

[Law]

Nothing when travelling alone.

Thermatex do stable wraps that i use sometimes and poly pad used to do brilliant soft travel boots. Their new ones aren't so flexible but these are great
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Green-pol...t=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&hash=item2a243a2186

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Nothing or thermalux leg wraps

 

[cavalo branco]

PE have a 20% sale on today for all their leg wraps - just ordered some for my new boy that hates travel boots!

 

[Kat]

Mine wears brushing boots and over reach boots all round and knee boots on the front.

 

[nikkimariet]

Me too but also been considering hobbles as mine is a bugger and kicks - is that why you use hobbles nikkimariet?

Yep! I'd rather fork out for a pair of hobbles than for the lorry to be repaired again

 

[christine48]

Brushing boots & over reach boots
Wraps
Nothing on the hind legs, just boots on the front
Hobbles
Bandages
Some get irritated by boots especially on the hind legs as they can slip down and get hot.