So shout at me if you think im thick but>>>>>>>>

[Dogbetty141]

Ive just been to the local tack shop and bought two pairs of overeach boots will be the third ones this month! Anyway decided to buy to as school in one and turnout in other! His field ones always getting lost in the mud so i thought i would buy ones without velcro but how the hell do you put them on! Im sorry im laughing at myself here! Please help my simple mind!

 

[Rambo]

THEY SHOULD HAVE AN OVERLAP SYSTEM ON THEM. UNDO THE OUTER VELCRO STRAP AND THEN THE INNER ONE. PLACE AROUND THE HOOF AND REVERSE THE ABOVE PROCEDURE TO SECURE THE BOOT

 

[_April_]

Just PULL!!

LOL

 

[rrose]

you turn them inside out and pull them on over the toe of the hoof then keep pulling

... i take it you mean the ones with no velcro etc

 

[magic104]

You just pull them on & then turn them back on themselves, if you are talking about the ones with no velcro

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

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THEY SHOULD HAVE AN OVERLAP SYSTEM ON THEM. UNDO THE OUTER VELCRO STRAP AND THEN THE INNER ONE. PLACE AROUND THE HOOF AND REVERSE THE ABOVE PROCEDURE TO SECURE THE BOOT

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Ive never heard of this sort! But if the ones youve bought are the plaine ones Im thinking of, you just pull them on. Maybe put abit of Vas on them the help!

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

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THEY SHOULD HAVE AN OVERLAP SYSTEM ON THEM. UNDO THE OUTER VELCRO STRAP AND THEN THE INNER ONE. PLACE AROUND THE HOOF AND REVERSE THE ABOVE PROCEDURE TO SECURE THE BOOT

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Ive never heard of this sort! But if the ones youve bought are the plaine ones Im thinking of, you just pull them on. Maybe put abit of Vas on them to help!

 

[KatB]

*WHISPERS* she said WITHOUT velcro....

 

[alfirules]

your not thick!! i've never managed to successfuly pull a pair on, gave up and bought a pair of velcro ones!!

maybe if you put them in some hot water first it will make them a bit stretchier, just an idea, thats what i use to pull rubber bit guards on (biscuits or whatever you call them!)

 

[Rambo]

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*WHISPERS* she said WITHOUT velcro....

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Slinks off quietly to find a stone to crawl under........

WHO'S BEING THICK NOW

 

[TGM]

Lots of effort and stretching is needed, hence why the velcroed ones are so popular! Levering with a hoof pick over the widest part of the foot can help. Also helps if you get one person to hold the foot to start, so you can use both hands on the boot!

 

[Dogbetty141]

Thanks guys thought i was having a blonde moment then the woman in the shop sorted of looked at me like i was too thick to have a horse so i though id ask you guys! I have always used the velcro ones but in the mud they like to disappear and reapper 3 months later! (field not good) so i thought id try theses and then looked at them once id got them to the till and thought i dont think im gonna get thses on! Thanks anyway!

 

[evsj]

smear the ribbed surface with vaseline first, then turn inside-out and pull over the hoof!

 

[debbielinder]

there a pain my horse has rather large feet so i just used to get the velcro ones!

 

[Super_Kat]

Right:

- Turn boot inside out
- Pick up horses leg and crouch down in front of him so you can put his knee so it's pressing against your stomach low down (or wherever it fees comfortable)
- Pull the boot on

To remove you:

- Pick up hoof
- Put it against your knee (you will need to stand parallel to the horses side facing forwards)
- Pull

...Simple

It takes some practice but you'll get there in the end!

 

[Super_Kat]

Right:

- Turn boot inside out
- Pick up horses leg and crouch down in front of him so you can put his knee so it's pressing against your stomach low down (or wherever it fees comfortable)
- Pull the boot on

To remove you:

- Pick up hoof
- Put it against your knee (you will need to stand parallel to the horses side facing forwards)
- Pull

...Simple

It takes some practice but you'll get there in the end!

PMSL @ Rambo

 

[passie]

You could also try the petal ones - they buckle up. they make an annoying noise as you ride, but they don't come off, and they are easier to use than the pull on ones.

 

[isabella]

i have got ones with a rubber strap type thing which you have to thred through a couple of slots really good and have never come off (i have never got any pull on ones cause i wouldn't be able to figure out how to get them on either lol)

 

[Dogbetty141]

I tried putting them on last night without much luck! I think i may have to take them back to the shop as they are so difficult! I havent tried the vaseline trick yet will do that tionight!

 

[cosmo_sam]

Somewhere in the dim and distant I remember someone suggesting dropping them in warm water.

That would be fine for getting on - but not sure about getting off...

 

[Gingernags]

Having used the no-velcro option in the dim and distant past.... I hate them!!!

The tip with the velcro ones, when they get coated in mud, you need to rinse the velcro every day to get the mud off, then the velcro stays sticky. If you leave the mud on, it clogs the velcro and it loses its sticky - hence why they fall off and get lost in the field...

Since I've been rinsing mine they have stayed on and stayed sticky enough!!!

With the no-velcro ones, you have to remember petroleum jelly - aka vaseline - degrades rubber so they may not las as long in the long run, but when you put it on, make sure its only round the rim not the whole of the boot or your hands will slide off and you'll end up on your bum on the floor!

The hot water to soften it does work though.

 

[severnmiles]

Turn them inside out, pull the wide end over the hoof first (hoof picks are a help the first few times if its tight - it will most likely hurt your fingers!) then just turn them back the way they should be, voila!