Knee Boots - Recomendations

[Lukka's New Owner]

Ok - so Lukka needs to take great care of his knees - he has stable bandages on at night and i am just off to get some of the leg wraps to make sure his knees are protected.

He is almost fully rubber matted in his box - but this will be finished on Tuesday...... we did not expect to be moving a horse in quite so soon ! lol

So basically - when he is not in his box with his stable bandages on - he needs knee protection - what do you recomend.

 

[Thistle]

I like the westropp combined knee and brushing boots for hacking, guess they would be OK for turnout. Quick and easy to put on, no fiddly straps and they never slip. Scroll down here http://www.barnstormers.co.uk/acatalog/Westropp_Horse_Boots.html

 

[SillySausage]

I like the westropp combined knee and brushing boots for hacking, guess they would be OK for turnout. Quick and easy to put on, no fiddly straps and they never slip. Scroll down here http://www.barnstormers.co.uk/acatalog/Westropp_Horse_Boots.html

seconded!

 

[YasandCrystal]

I use Jeffries traditional leather knee boots - they are great and dont slip. Beware of the velcro fastening knee boots - I had Shires for my old mare and they always ended up around her fetlocks

 

[Auslander]

What the score with his knees? I only ask because I had a horse who had one knee flushed, and lots of scarring - and if we put knee boots on, he blew up like a balloon.

 

[Lukka's New Owner]

What the score with his knees? I only ask because I had a horse who had one knee flushed, and lots of scarring - and if we put knee boots on, he blew up like a balloon.

He has had his knee flushed... and it is rather lumpy and bumpy... Ali used knee boots on him when he was with her..... and we will find out more when we can have a proper chat.

I am not too familiar with knee flushing so any information you can offer would be really appreciated - as i have not been able to talk to the vets as yet - but that is on the list for tomorrow too !

How did you protect your horse's knee ?

 

[Auslander]

He has had his knee flushed... and it is rather lumpy and bumpy... Ali used knee boots on him when he was with her..... and we will find out more when we can have a proper chat.

I am not too familiar with knee flushing so any information you can offer would be really appreciated - as i have not been able to talk to the vets as yet - but that is on the list for tomorrow too !

How did you protect your horse's knee ?

In my case, the horse got a thorn in his knee out hunting, which wasn't found (this is why I always clip legs for hunting now!) until he went hopping lame. His knee joint was flushed under general anaesthetic, and he then stayed in horspital for two weeks, with lots of IV antibiotics. The knee was bigger than the other, but he was ok for a fair few years before developing arthritis which led to his retirement. I didn't protect the knee - apart from the attempt to use soft knee boots. I just crossed my fingers and hoped he didn't trip/fall, and thankfully he didn't. He stopped rolling in the field, which was a bit heart breaking - you could see him start to buckle at the knees, then change his mind, but he did lie down in the stable. This was before the days of EVA mats, so he was kept on deep litter straw right up to the door, so that he was never in any danger of touching concrete.

 

[EllieBeast]

I love my jhl knee boots, the traditional buffalo leather ones. Fit both my girls well and don't move. Cheap too, only £10 on equestrian clearance.

 

[Cheiro1]

Second JHL leather knee boots

 

[FfionWinnie]

I would think the only thing to use would be the westrop combined ones. I wouldn't want to strap anything round his knees myself.