Which hoof boot?

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Poor Rose has is recovering from a hoof abscess...it came out from her sole and the coronet band..nasty. She's been stabled for the past almost 2 weeks and on antibiotics, the vet is coming back on Tuesday and hopefully will declare her recovered. I let her out every day for an hour so to pootle round the yard, and she seems fine now, not lame, no heat. I want to put her back in the field after the vet visit if he says it's OK but I still feel she'd benefit from a bit of protection on that foot.

Can anyone recommend a hoof boot? It needs to come up over the back of her heel..where the abscess came out...more importantly it needs to only take about 10 seconds at most to put on, because that's all the time she'll hold her foot up before we start tango-ing across the yard!! Or any other ideas of how I can protect her foot would be very welcome...thank you!
 
for something like that i would try a cavello. i think you can buy them in singles. easy boot do turnout boots i think.
 
I used cavallo simple hoof boots on my laminitic girl, gave her a new lease of life, she could walk on any terrain. I think they are easy to put on, velcro fastening, once you have slipped it on you can rest their foot back on the ground and do up he velcro straps
 
Gosh...quick answers....cheers! OK I'll have a look at the Cavallo's, they sound just the job, especially if I can do it up with her foot on the ground. She was dreadful having her feet picked up when I first got her, spent ages sorting her out and was making real progress, now with her abscess we are back to square one. Sigh!
 
I think any hoof boot is going to badly rub her heel, where the abcess burst out, unless you buy it a million times too big to put loads of padding on.

Cavallo and dead easy to use but only come in pairs. Easycare sell a similar boot called Trailboot in singles I think, which would work well. The Saddlery Shop sell them and could advice you too.
 
gala said:
...more importantly it needs to only take about 10 seconds at most to put on, !
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Dallmer all the way - I used them on my old pony. Sadly they don't do them big enough for 17.2 with soup-plates for feet. I use Boa's on him but they are extremely tedious to put on and he's a good boy.

You can buy then singly but they are expensive.
 
Kallibear, yes that's what worries me. And making sure the padding is in place will involve more Last-Tango-in -Paris as we whizz round the yard. Hmm. Ok. I'm looking at cavallo's between messages and I'll do a search for Easycare trailboots. Thanks.
 
i would also say cavallo (or equivalent easycare type boot which are sold singly) would be quick to put on - however.. .they are quick once you're used to them and have been used a few times. the leather is quite stiff to begin with so i'd use some oil and try and supple it a bit to make it easier to put on. If you get the easy care gaiters - they have a pad that goes under the hoof and neoprene that comes up the back of the heel and then up the pastern and fastens there - that would stop rubbing and you won't need an oversized boot for that :)
 
Cavallo hoof boots are quick and easy, but as someone else said they do rub, any boot rubs for that matter.

I found a sport sock on first worked much better than the cavallo wraps to protect the heel and pastern area.
 
After extensive research into the weird and wonderful world of hoof boots I think I'm going to order one of these..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EASYBOOT-...Horse_Wear_Equipment&var=&hash=item84b959ab48

...as it looks as though it will cover the back of her heel, and I could slip a bit of padding in there if seems like it might rub. Plus it looks easy enough to put on!

Thanks for your help and thoughts everyone..X
 
Brill boots (got a pair!) but won't do what you want. The back is just a shallow rim (about 1cm deep) that may or may not touch the heel bulbs (depends on foot conformation). The gaiters won't keep mud out properly. They are also a VERY specific fit and you need to try them to find which: the suggested width fitting often don't fit. They can also a bugger to get off (easy enough to get one but, if tight enough to stay on, hard to get off)

You need a trainer style boot, like cavallo, Trial or Boa.
 
Kallibear said:
I think any hoof boot is going to badly rub her heel, where the abcess burst out, unless you buy it a million times too big to put loads of padding on.

Cavallo and dead easy to use but only come in pairs. Easycare sell a similar boot called Trailboot in singles I think, which would work well. The Saddlery Shop sell them and could advice you too.
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Renegades wouldn't rub a heel as they are heel less, or rather the heel moves with the horse and is soft.
 
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Have you looked at the Easyboot RX? It's designed for this purpose and looks very comfy. They come right over the fetlock. Other than that, can second the Cavallos. Henry's are slightly too big for him, but I still love the concept of them and they're very easy to take on/off.
 
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