starryeyed
Well-Known Member
My mare has a lot of over-reaching related cuts and scars from her previous home - ones at the back from where she's caught herself, and ones in the front from where I can only think they did the westropp design boots up too tightly and it cut into her.
She does overreach at high speed / when jumping / when being silly so I've been using overreach boots to protect the area from any further injury - but the plain rubber boots I used to use rubbed her badly, so I've been using the Roma fleece over reach boots over the "proper" sheepskin ones in an attempt to save some money!
Unfortunately this isn't going well as although they don't rub her, she gets through them very quickly and I'm finding myself buying new pairs every week so think I may have to grit my teeth and spend a bit more than I'd like to in the hope that they'll last a bit longer.
I was looking at the premier equine boots, and they look very durable! But I'm worried that they may rub as they don't have any fluffy protection - does anyone have them? Is the top bit soft/padded enough or is it quite tough? What do you think of them in general / are they true to size?
Alternatively there are the woof wear sheepskin boots (gulp, at £40!) which have a lot of fluffy protection but I think I'd be afraid to use them outside an arena as I think they'd get ruined quickly with all the mud she takes me through.
Any other recommendations for boots that won't rub her would be gratefully received! Thank you x
She does overreach at high speed / when jumping / when being silly so I've been using overreach boots to protect the area from any further injury - but the plain rubber boots I used to use rubbed her badly, so I've been using the Roma fleece over reach boots over the "proper" sheepskin ones in an attempt to save some money!
Unfortunately this isn't going well as although they don't rub her, she gets through them very quickly and I'm finding myself buying new pairs every week so think I may have to grit my teeth and spend a bit more than I'd like to in the hope that they'll last a bit longer.
I was looking at the premier equine boots, and they look very durable! But I'm worried that they may rub as they don't have any fluffy protection - does anyone have them? Is the top bit soft/padded enough or is it quite tough? What do you think of them in general / are they true to size?
Alternatively there are the woof wear sheepskin boots (gulp, at £40!) which have a lot of fluffy protection but I think I'd be afraid to use them outside an arena as I think they'd get ruined quickly with all the mud she takes me through.
Any other recommendations for boots that won't rub her would be gratefully received! Thank you x
