Has anyone used hoof boots on a pigeon toed horse?

[Passtheshampoo]

Hi

My mare is in foal at the mo so it's a long way off riding her again but when I bring her back into work I'd like to keep her barefoot. She's toe in on the off side front leg. When I bought her last spring she was barefoot in very light work, fine on the tarmac but a bit sensative on rough ground. When she's weaned her foal she'll just be used for light hacking due to my ill health. Just wondered if anyone else used hoof boots on a pigeon toed horse as I don't want to run the risk of her tripping herself up or catching herself on the boots. She does wear brushing boots when I've ridden her before.

 

[Rueysmum]

Can't help on the riding front but I have a retired quite drastically pigeon toed gelding (again near fore) and he sometimes wears Boa Boots on the way to and from the field. When he first had his shoes off he wore them in the field for quite a while and never lost one or tripped up (he did however keeping losing the dial caps on the front). (Just realised opposite leg but never mind!)

 

[Lyndz]

I have cavallo boots for my mare, though not pigdoen toed, they are however not a big clumsy boot, so i wouldn't have thought she'd trip up in those! You can hire them, to try them from The Saddlery Shop, if you wanted to see!

 

[Nailed]

I used Boa boots on Ted who is pidgeon toed and after wearing the boot for 300 yard he was hoping lame and bleeding. Not sure weather it had anything to do with the pidgeon toes or the fact that i couldnt get the boot tight enough.

Lou x

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

Used equi boots on one horse with pigeon toes and another who has a pigeon toed club foot

I made sure the boot was aligned to the foot rather than facing forwards

I use an old tube sock or vetrap to protect against chafing and some duct tape round the outside to protect the boot fixings. Farrier also advised using an over-reach boot on the other foot to prevent knocks.
Hope your horse gets well soon x

 

[brightmount]

I would have thought with the new style Old Mac G2s you should be fine, as they follow the contour of the hoof all round. And they come with pastern wraps to prevent rubbing until they are worn in. Just make sure you measure for size, as I suppose they could twist on a pigeon toed horse if they were too big.

The old style Old Macs would probably not be so good as they have a point at the front.

 

[Passtheshampoo]

Thanks everyone. It's obviously a possibility but will need to make sure they don't rub her. With a bit of luck when she comes back into work her feet will cope with the light hacking I intend to do. To be honest with me having a back problem I'm better off not having to struggle to get horse boots on her.