hoof boot recommendation for turn out / protection

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My horse had an abscess a few months ago and now his hoof is breaking up on the outside near the white line area where the abscess was. He is unshod at the moment and I want to turn him out in a hoof boot that would protect that foot and prevent it from breaking further and also keep it clean. Any recommendations? I have looked on the internet but there are so many I don't know which ones to choose!
 
I did a whole lot of research into boots for mine, and I think it is a case of getting the best ones that fit, in your budget. I happened to chance on a pair of Old Macs in a second hand tack store that were the size I had worked out as needing and they have been the best £40 I have spent for a long time :D However, Nugz isn't turned out 24/7 in them, but he is now up to about 12 hours and they don't seem to be rubbing him, and he is moving brilliantly in them :)

I would get a piece of card (I used the inside of a cereal pack) and use a biro/pencil/thin tipped writing instrument and draw round a freshly trimmed (ideally) hooves as this will give you an idea to the shape and size of them. It's amazing to see how you perceive them while handling then, to what they are on paper :)
 
Don't worry about it. If it's causing trouble IE causing bigger chunks to come off than just the area over the old abscess, or it's flapping and annoying the horse, get your farrier/trimmer to come and remove it, if you can't do it yourself.

This was from a big, nasty abscess. The horse was sound in the photo.
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NLP - that's an old, old photo from when she went BF, you can see where the nails were, plus you can see why the shoes had to go. The under-run heels are just awful. :( The photo doesn't show the matching abscess hole the other side.
 
If chunks come off they need to come off - Id boot whilst hacking if he's sore on it on tarmac but aside from that keep it clean and dry and leave be :)
 
TigerTail said:
If chunks come off they need to come off - Id boot whilst hacking if he's sore on it on tarmac but aside from that keep it clean and dry and leave be :)
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thanks! but he's recuperating from a tendon injury and on restricted grazing, so not in work. This is the latest in an injury and ailment ridden last 2 years!Oh the joys...
 
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