Help with Hoof Boots for small horse

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My little paint horse has never been shod but now i am riding him properly he has gone very foot sore on the fronts.
I corrected his diet and farriery when i bought him 18months ago as he came with apaling feet which had been poorly trimed and lord knows what he was fed the crappy feet have grown out they have been nicely balanced and trimed and he went from hoping lame in hand on the road to being able to be trotted under saddle the splitting crackng and stinkyness has gone.
Feed is unmollased alfalfa chop with micronised linseed and pro balance no sugar no s***t. feet are cleaned regularly and i use kevin bacon grease to keep thrush at pay and hooves moisturised.
but at the end of the day he has tiny pony feet there white and his feet bruise easily and we are now hackign further and hitting a lot of gravely stoney tracks which are hurting him.
So tried cavallo simples they span round tried a smaller size no better
Looking at easy boot gloves wide next but before i waste anymore pennies please could you give me your opinion on what is best for his hoof measurements as they dont seem to perfectly fit to any ones size guides
After a fresh trim he is 115mm long and 121mm wide for a 15'1 horse he does have dainty little pony toes! one of his fores doesnt grow fround either it grows a little squarish due to a slight medial twist on the front cannon i leave it liek this as its his natural balance to compensate the cannon twist and if its trimed neat and round he goes lame becuase the foot isn't balanced.
Thank you for your advise in advance The Hawk and Mr Tea :-)
 
I'd swap the afalfa for something else as this can cause footiness, I'd add some salt and mag ox or mag chloride. White feet dont bruise easier, its just that bruising can be seen easier on white feet :)

With regards to hoof boots mine has very, very long narrow feet and Cavello Sports work brilliantly on him with pads in. Have a look on http://www.hoofbootique.co.uk/

They have sizing guides on the web site and when you find some that look like they will fit you can hire a fit kit, and then even hire a set of boots to try on
 
Maybe try a pad inside the Simples - my friend does this with hers as it makes it all fit a bit more 'snug' so no twisting.

I know of a haffy owner that loves her gloves as her haff has very dainty feet. Have you printed off the sizing card and gone from there?
 
I am looking at hoofboots atm your pony seems to have wider than long feet which reduces your choice of boots, I have the same thing for my mare, I have tried the simples and were far too big, the other type that have been suggested are the renegrades which apparently fit this type of foot well, but are extremley expensive. I have been getting some help from the hoof bootique, you can send in photos of your horses hooves & liz will suggest boots that are suitable & you can hire them before buying but it is a bit of a nightmare.
 
Thank you all thats helpful i am finding most the boots fit on length but rely on the foot ebing narrower than the length so all though ive looked at the size guides for them all he doesnt really seam to fit in to any of them which is why i was hoping someone on here may have a horse with similar shaped feet and couls say what they use. The cost isnt the issue as long as they fit well i dont ride much so they will alst me forever.
Frankie hes been on the alfalfa for sometime its the unmollased one and he has been fine up until recently if anything he improved when i swaped him from hi-fi unmollassed to the alfala at my barefoot trimmers recomendation i only use a handfull to mix his linseed and pro balance into. i will do some more research but this is the first time someones advised me alfalfa can cause footiness i know it makes some horses itchy and ive a welsh d at the yard who bizarely went hypo on it. he has salt licks at all time an i will look into weather the mag-ox is of any benefit but am certainly going to need front boots on him as the terrain where we are now is really rough going and stoney
 
Its only anecdotal and I dont feed it due to itchiness, but theres a lot of people say it makes theirs footy. Horses dont get the salt they need from licks. You really need to supplement their diets with it. I know some people who feed it loose in buckets, but I know mine would just trash something like that looking for food :P Pro Balance doesnt have enough magnesium in it for a lot of horses. Pro Hoof has more, but its probably cheaper to add extra mag ox/chloride

I'd give Hoof Boutique or somewhere like that a ring. I was lucky, mine just fitted in, but hes the opposite to yours, so I'm no help really!
 
That intresting frankie i will certainly be doing a bit more research, nugget ill have a nosy on some american sites doont know why i didnt think to look over there for them most of mytack has been imported as i couldnt find the quality or fit i wanted in the uk
 
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