Travel boots to fit a h/w cob!

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Any suggestions?! My boy is only 14.2 but has a lot of bone. I borrowed a friends (medium) to try on & the Velcro didn't even meet!! ;) I am thinking that full size won't be much better & may be too long for him. Many thanks! :)
 
I have the same problem! I just use knee, hock and overreach boots instead!
I have recently been given some of these http://goo.gl/ip1P8. I extended the last 2 straps on each boot by stitch on some extra velcro and now they fit him well, but I have yet to travel him in them to try them out. He has the Cob size as the Full are too long.
 
Ah I did wonder whether he needs anything on! I have just bought a trailer & intend to get out & about over the summer! I'm not thinking of going too far to begin with. I would be taking him with my other (dominant) mare though, so not sure if that makes a difference?! :)
 
My boy is 15.1 and built like a tank. None of the normal size boots are any good, and even if they do up on him they tend to slide down anyway. I've found it's either good old fashioned bandages or nothing. Doesn't seem to be a problem for him without though so that's my usual solution!
 
Sounds like bandages may be the way forward! (They will also keep his feathers clean if I decide to take him somewhere respectable!!) ;)
 
My mare, who has substantial bone and feather (before I clipped them off! :eek: ) has generic, unlabelled travel boots I bought off a friend. They are the type with loads of velcro straps, if you know what I mean?

I don't mind not having boots on for short journeys, but after seeing a friend's Clydesdale X (with substantial feather) slice open a leg around his coronet area, I always err to the side of caution when it comes to protection.

If you can't find boots to travel in, use bandages and poss over reach boots :)
 
I had the same problem with my heavyweight cob - who had finally trashed his old boots that fitted. - found there was loads of room at the back of the boot, but it woudnt stretch round the front of his legs. I eventually got some premier equine travel boots, which are more pliable than alot of makes and these go round his legs fine and stay put.

Having had an accident with a trailer jackknifing and going over on its side with both him and my friends horse in, i would never contemplate even the shortest journey without leg protection. My boy was the one at the bottom, and had the partition and his friend stamping all over him. Luckily both came out with no major injuries but the areas where my horse hadnt got the boots on were coverd in cuts and bruises =- the boots earned their keep that day.

Best of luck.
 
Thanks for all of your advice/experiences. No way will I risk travelling without some form of protection now! I'll try my local tack shop & see if I can exchange if they don't fit.
 
Hi didnt mean to scare you, but I occasionally would travel without boots until that day.

I too went to my local saddlers and kept trying different kinds and taking them back ... my saddlers were fine with that. I found for my own cob that ones that were really stiff on the back seam didnt fit his short fat legs, though my friend also has an irish cob and Shires boots fit him a treat... just trial and error really.Failing that I was going to resort to bandaging with shaped pads underneath.

Best of luck with your search
 
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