Another retirement fail!

Auslander

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Alf had his graunchy knee steroided last week, and has been so bouncy ever since, that I thought I'd take him for a plod, to see if he still wanted to be ridden.
The amount of hosing off I had to do when we got him is proof positive that he's not yet ready to hang up his dancing boots!

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And he got to play bitey face with his favourite girl (who loves him really!)
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Auslander said:
In case anyone was wondering - the upside down overreach boots are deliberate! I haven't forgotten how to dress him!
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Out of interest, what purpose do they provide like that?

I used to put overreaches on the back to stop old horse from treading on himself when sausage boots didn't work, I would get weird looks all over the place!
 
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AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
Out of interest, what purpose do they provide like that?

I used to put overreaches on the back to stop old horse from treading on himself when sausage boots didn't work, I would get weird looks all over the place!
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He takes the skin off the front of his fetlocks when he goes down to roll/sleep, and these are the best option for protecting the area without him getting hot sticky legs
 
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That’s clever re over reach boots. I might try it. Mine insists on rolling on a stony patch. He has ‘bedsore boots’ but they are not quite tough enough.
 
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