Cavallo boots rubbing - anyone experience this?

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I have my mare wearing Cavallo Simple boots behind. I have a single soft gel pad fitted into each one. I hacked out for 2.8 miles in walk yesterday and again this morning, but on removing the boots today notice she's been rubbed just above the coronet on the outside of each foot. Each rub is about 2cm above the coronet band, towards the rear of the foot. Had anyone experienced this before with a Cavallo Simple boot? Is this normal without a wrap or sock? Or something to do with the gel pad? My mare is VERY thin skinned so I may try surgical spirit to toughen her skin once the rubs are cured, but I obviously would prefer the boots not to rub at all in future. :confused:
 
this can happen easily with boots above the hairline my boas do it on the front of the pastern
Try wrapping the area with vet wrap (works for mine) using the gaiters or human socks over the hoof and pulled up ( someone on here does this has different colours for every day)
 
Hoof boots are just like new shoes, rub like hell and need wearing in.
A pair of sports socks will help, if leather soften if you can.
I found it was the heel area that rubbed, but the area toughened up after a while.
Just don't try any big rides until they're broken in properly :)
 
Thanks for the replies. Reassuring to hear that they will rub less as she gets used to wearing them. I'll use some Vetwrap and do have some mens socks I could try. I was just worried in case the gel pad inserts had altered the fit above the hoof. :)
 
The gel inserts will alter the fit slightly - Henry's cavallos rub hair off if I have pads in (I was trying to make them fit better). Another idea to the ones above is to try vaseline around the rubbing area.

Cavallos do come with gaiters (or mine did). If not, you can buy them separately.
 
My boy is turned out in his, so is in them for 8 hours a day, what I do is cut a strip of padding that use under bandages and I put this in the heel area wedging it under the pad to keep in place, this stops any rubbing!
 
My big lad is also turned out in his and I too found they rubed terribly on his heels and just above the coronet last year so I'm glad to have read this post, hopefully some of your ideas will help stop them rubbing him this year :-)
 
pines of rome said:
My boy is turned out in his, so is in them for 8 hours a day, what I do is cut a strip of padding that use under bandages and I put this in the heel area wedging it under the pad to keep in place, this stops any rubbing!
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Great idea. I used socks this morning and they just worked their way down her leg and ended up inside the boot :rolleyes: Mind you, she had been in on box rest for a few days and was bucking for Britain in the field today. I'll try a bit of wadding inside the boot before I turn her out tomorrow and see if that does the trick. Fingers crossed!
 
Have you tried using the proper wraps? My horse has very sensitive skin, virtually everything rubs! He's fine with the wraps though. But I don't use the pads.
 
Beausmate said:
Have you tried using the proper wraps? My horse has very sensitive skin, virtually everything rubs! He's fine with the wraps though. But I don't use the pads.
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TBH, no.

My WBxTB is ridiculously thinned skinned. I've never known a horse like her. Even the continental web reins touching her neck during ridden work rub the hair from her neck. And she's only recently been backed and ridden for no more than 15 - 20 mins at any time. I do have a pair of the Easycare gaiters but they look like they'd make her sweat and would chafe. Trust me, this mare is a nightmare.

I'm wondering if the fact that she's a big mare with small feet is affecting the fitting of the boot. Are the larger Cavallo boots taller? My 16.3 WBxTB is in a pair of size 2 Cavallos behind, and it's where the boot starts to curve inwards that it rubs her. It's not the top rim of the boot that rubs, but further down inside the boot where it starts to curve in above the hoof.
 
Over reach boots rub my lad's heels, plastic bits rub if I don't smooth the seams off and don't talk about girth galls!!:rolleyes:

I put the wraps under his heels then slip the boot on and just hold the wraps up as he puts his foot down. Took a bit of practise, but I've got them in a position where they cover the bits that matter without getting under the hoof.

Easy boots were hopeless.
 
Mmmmm I know what you mean about over reach boots rubbing :rolleyes: Mine's supposed to wear them when turned out to help prevent her pulling her remedial front shoes off but even the softest pull-on rubber ones rub her raw. Deep sigh.

Maybe I'll give the proper gaiters a try before investing in more mens' socks! May as well try.
 
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