Turnout boots for accident prone horses?

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Deltic Blue

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Does anyone use turnout boots all year round?

My mare is now on her second leg injury from kicking out at fencing and getting her leg caught.

This one is going to take a lot longer to heal and had to be stitched back together as it was a post and rail fence that has peeled back a deep wound on her back leg :(

So I'm ideally looking at getting some turnout boots for her back legs to see if we can prevent another incident like this again!

My only worry would be if they are safe to wear when she stays out 24/7? I wouldn't want her legs to over heat and cause issues but I really don't want another big vet bill like this one is going to be.

If anyone could give me some suggestions for boots which you really get on with, I'll be very greatful!
 
I wouldn't leave boots on 24 hours a day as you say they will heat up or dirt etc will get underneath and cause you more issues.
Have a look at PE or the equilibrium ones, personally I use brushing boots as mine only go out for a set time.
I have just brought some lightweight ones from Robinsons for a bargain price as he goes through boots at a rate of knots.
 
I assume she's kicking out because of stock in the adjoining field? One solution could be to put an electric fence 1metre or so inside post and rail so she doesn't hit anything.
We use front turnout boots on one of ours but it's only out half time - I wouldn't want to keep them on 24hrs.
 
That would be an option, however her current field isn't very big at all, and putting fencing up would take away even more space that they don't have in the current field.
My other concern would be that she has kicked out at electric fencing before and got her leg stuck, which resulted in another injury last week, which wasn't pleasant either.

I just need lots of bubble wrap and cotton wool for her I think!
 
Premier Equine turnout boots are great and breathable and mine does not step foot in a feild without them, but I wouldnt leave on for 24 hours. Is there no way you can bring her in for half a day or something to give her legs chance to breathe? There is only so much you can do and unfortunatly you cannot wrap them up in bubble wrap no matter how much we want to :(
 
Carrots&Mints said:
Premier Equine turnout boots are great and breathable and mine does not step foot in a feild without them, but I wouldnt leave on for 24 hours. Is there no way you can bring her in for half a day or something to give her legs chance to breathe? There is only so much you can do and unfortunatly you cannot wrap them up in bubble wrap no matter how much we want to :(
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She's been in overnight recently, up until the injury as she's in all the time now.
She'll most likely go back out just for half a day when she gets field time, my plan is to bring her in during the day when it's hot and turn out overnight. Hopefully that way she'll cause less issues if she's in during the day.

I wouldn't leave them on 24 hours, it's just a shame they can't make boots which can :)
 
Deltic Blue said:
She's been in overnight recently, up until the injury as she's in all the time now.
She'll most likely go back out just for half a day when she gets field time, my plan is to bring her in during the day when it's hot and turn out overnight. Hopefully that way she'll cause less issues if she's in during the day.

I wouldn't leave them on 24 hours, it's just a shame they can't make boots which can :)
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Thats exactly what I do with mine, in during the day and out at night, you'll be fine with the premier equine turnout boots then, they are brill! And I didn't think they were too pricey either! I swear by mine :)

http://www.premierequine.co.uk/horse-field-turnout-boots-c2x12773017
 
Would it not be better to work on what's causing her to act in a way as to injure herself in the first place? I feel your pain being an ex TB owner who was prone to injury. I would rather go down the electric tape/ rope route and her have less grazing than to take a chance and have big vet bills and an injured horse!
 
Antw23uk said:
Would it not be better to work on what's causing her to act in a way as to injure herself in the first place? I feel your pain being an ex TB owner who was prone to injury. I would rather go down the electric tape/ rope route and her have less grazing than to take a chance and have big vet bills and an injured horse!
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She's just being mareish, she's always been quite squealy and handy with her back legs. But she normally doesn't get caught in anything, she kicks out but never to actually kick a horse, it's just her being a tart.

I can imagine she's been flirting with the geldings next door and kicked out.

I had a look at the PE boots last night, I think I'll buy a pair when I know when she'll be going back out :)
 
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