What shoes do you wear around your horses in the summer?

[SonnysHumanSlave]

I wear my plimsolls...... probably not safe either, but i dont ride in them, I ride in my ariats.

 

[ironhorse]

Ariat do loads of different styles so you should find one that's comfy. There's quite a few companies who go round the county shows who have most of the Ariat range.

 

[m3gan]

As said "No foot no horse" ," flipflop= squashed foot no riding!!"
I would not ever risk my tootsies in an open toed shoe!

 

[Llanali]

I wear what I come home from work in, my riding boots live in the tack room.

However, yesterday I was wearing my little ballet slipper type things, and went and stood on a blinking thorn- straight through shoe, straight into foot, snapped off. Queue my OH spending an entire HOUR with two needles, tweezers adn scissors digging a centimetre long splinter from my heel!

SO, it's not my horses feet I'm worried about!

 

[_Katy_]

I wear steel toe capped jodpur boots all year round. My current pair are the Mountain Horse ones, and I have found them really comfortable and don't get too hot.

I have also have a pair of steel toe capped wellies for turning out/bringing the horses in in winter when its muddy, and keep a spare pair of old steel toe capped boots at the stables just incase I forget to put my others in the car, or just happen to call in as I'm passing!

 

[QUICKFIRE]

always my mountain horse jodh boots with steel toe caps when around horses I hate pain and cant cope with horses jumping on my toes. Iv'e just treated my self to some Ariat leather clog type shoes and they are so comfy.

 

[dixie]

Equitector boots for me, especially after having my toe broken and being in plaster all over the summer months. Also website has interesting bit about the steel toecaps

http://www.equitector.com/theboot.cfm?id=3

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

wellies for mucking out. leather boots for riding, flip flops for washing/trimming/tack cleaning/poo picking etc.
will go and do late skip/hay in flip flops as no exposure to wet bedding!

was once at a show, plaiting a horse in back of lorry, stood on a milk crate in flip flops and some random old woman started to lecture me(in a shouty way) on how dangerous it was! Possibly not the best idea but in hot stickly weather, with a steady eddy horse,its minimal risk and anyway-none of your business!!!!!! annoyed me some what!

 

[doctordoolittle]

Generally I wear wellies around the yard, leather boots for riding that are taken off as soon as i get off and untack.

in summer around yard i wear either wellies or sometimes trainers.

my horse is a bit of a plonker and will stand on your feet with no warning if hand walking him and sometimes when grooming or in stable, he's a bit of a muppet!

Do occasionally pop to yard with work shoes or flip flops on in summer but generally am very wary about my feet then!

 

[Hippona]

I wear my leather yard boots all year round....unless its really wet and the Mudbusters come out.

I once went into the field in my works clothes to take a rug off.....I was wearing flip-flop type things and I felt NAKED!!

 

[Cedars]

Well done you lot, I now have loads of shoes to look at.....! Think of all the money I'll spend!!