Equi Boots .......... help please !

[Scoopy]

Right long story short.

Horse has had to have his shoe taken off, until next wed (foot sore from shoe)

Right the only thing i could buy today was an equi boot !

Now i raise my hand up and i have never used one !

Can i turn him out in it ? it says i can but there must be a knack off these things staying on ?

I AM AN EQUI BOOT VIRGIN !

 

[Scoopy]

Now come on you lot, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease !

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Vet wrap foot 1st.

 

[Scoopy]

Oh no, looks like am on my own with this one then, you lot must have the posh boa ones

 

[Scoopy]

YAY


WHAT ??????????

 

[serena2005]

make sure you pad it out so its not loose. with vet wrap and id probably putting gange (sp) on his sole just incase.

 

[catembi]

You can turn out in them. They're fiddly to put on - open up, put the toe in, pull over the heel. Put the wire thing in the metal thing at the front & clip it down. It really does need to be tight or it will slip / come off, so keep adjusting the wire (can't rem how - do you have to wind it round something?) til it's tight. Make your o/h help as they've got stronger fingers!! I think there's also a rubber grippy bit to pull over the heel before you do up the metal bit.

I wouldn't hack out in it - when I had a horse that shed its shoes, I kept trying to hack out in one & I NEVER came back with it still on. Just school in one patch of the field in walk & you will hear if it falls off!!!

I had better luck with Old Macs, but that's not much help to you now!!

 

[muddywater]

I spray mine with aluminous paint not all over just on the toe bit so if it comes off in the field you can see it also there is an eqiboot which comes up a bit higher and attached round the leg with Velcro’s I have used one and it’s very good stayed on my boy all night in his stable and in the field.

 

[jenniwren]

Why not take them all off and go barefooted? It's great...you've no worries about shoes coming off and its a lot cheaper. You can learn to trim yourself with the back up of a barefoot trimmer. My horse has done the Pennine bridleway (75 miles) and we're about to do the Jack Mytton next month (90- 100 miles.) Some horses (like mine) don't like really stoney ground and some (like my friend's horse) doesn't care and keeps motoring. The tarmac roads aren't a problem...they actually help keep the foot trimmed and in shape and stimulates growth. We're also out riding most days.

It's much better for the horse and they very seldom have problems like navicular disease. The foot is allowed to perform naturally not being confined in a shoe.