Sausage boots or overreach boots?

[madhector]

I am fed up with J going out every night and acting like a complete hooligan and coming in the next day with another injury. He usually catches himself on the pastern or coronet band, and the last injury ended in a bad case of cellulitis. He already goes out in over reach boots in front, but now keeps catching his back legs.

I am tempted to turn him out in over reach boots alround as they should cover the area that gets cut, but then thought maybe sausage boots might be better.

What do you think? Do sausage boots actually work? Do they tend to rub?


Thanks

 

[CracklinRosie]

I've tried sausage boot on both of mine, one it works for and the other one it rubs!!!

Trial and error required!!

 

[druid]

What about a pastern wrap?

 

[chriscrogul]

Are you confusing sausage boots with fetlock rings?

 

[piebaldsparkle]

My friends accident prone TB is turned out with Over reach boots all round (its the only way to keep shoes on the bugger). He also has partern warps all round when it's muddy.

 

[Bounty]

Boo moved close behind until she muscled up a bit and now moves straighter, but she is also very accident prone.
For quite a while she wore just one fetlock ring behind and it solved all our problems (in that respect anyway!

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[madhector]

[ QUOTE ]
Are you confusing sausage boots with fetlock rings?

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probably

 

[lillie07]

Bailey used to go out with a fetlock ring on a hind leg to stop him tearing off his shoes and making scratch mark down the insides of his hoof. It worked and *touch wood* he is fine now without it on now. Never had any trouble with it rubbing, and he is a sensitive soul (overreach boots always rub him!)

 

[poiuytrewq]

[ QUOTE ]
Are you confusing sausage boots with fetlock rings?

[/ QUOTE ]Whats the difference? I thought just a different name for the same boot?

 

[chriscrogul]

Fetlock rings are a band of rubber that is about an inch wide which fits on the pastern, just above the hoof, to prevent low down brushing injuries. A sausage boot is about 6" wide, leather stuffed with straw, which you strap around a front pastern for when the horse is in his stable. It is to stop the horse "capping" his elbow with his hoof/shoe when he lis down. I think if you tried to ride a horse in sausage boots he'd fall flat on his face! Wish I could work out how to post photos because then I could show you a picture of the difference!