Which pastern wraps for cavallos

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Did a 14k avg speed 10km/hr hack today in cavallos which is the fastest I've done in boots and they have started to rub a little on the back of her pasterns. Doing a 20km in a week so I need to order something now and won't be able to really try them out properly by the time they arrive so can anyone advise what would be the best? I find she just puts holes in the feet of socks and they get manky and wet so feel wraps may be more suitable. She doesn't usually wear boots or need them often but its our first endurance ride and I don't know what the ground will be like so I just want the option of having them on.

Or am I wasting my time and be better with thicker socks or something else?

Thanks in advance.
 
Boysy said:
Personally i never found any that didn't ruck up or rub somewhere under the Cavallos, thick fluffy socks, the chenile? type ones were the best.
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Ditto this I use my husbands old walking socks on my lad just pull over his hooves very easy and washable.
 
This is like wandering onto another planet. Have no idea what you are talking about but intrigued enough to go off and try to google!
 
Luci07 said:
This is like wandering onto another planet. Have no idea what you are talking about but intrigued enough to go off and try to google!
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Lol:D cavallos are her hoof boots, think waking boots, and I haven't needed any "protection" think walking socks until today when we were trying to do the pace we need to do for our first endurance ride on Sunday. Pastern wraps are neoprene doodahs to stop them rubbing.

But I am now hovering between getting them or getting some new socks for her, the bonus of socks is I could try them out in advance as by the time the wraps get here its going to be cutting it fine.

Here she is in her walking boots/trainers :D

Clipping her out as well this week as she got rather sweaty albeit could have done it again several times!

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I prefer these shoe thingys... Me farrier bangs em on, they get changed every 6 weeks, never rub and look neater than clumpy 'walking boots'....


Ooooh no she dddidnt ;) ;)

Love love your girl fw, very pretty x
 
FfionWinnie said:
Are they the ones that Ali put a link for?

Thanks.
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Yep - those are the ones. The only problem I have had is that when my horse is due for a trim, the boots get a little snug as they take up some of the hoof area, but apart from that they are great - the other thing you could try is human wrist sweatbands - I use these when the boots get a bit tight with the gaiters.
 
Holly Hocks said:
Yep - those are the ones. The only problem I have had is that when my horse is due for a trim, the boots get a little snug as they take up some of the hoof area, but apart from that they are great - the other thing you could try is human wrist sweatbands - I use these when the boots get a bit tight with the gaiters.
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That's great thanks. Her feet are really tightening up with work and she is self trimming, the boots are a little big now so that would probably be a good thing!

If she still needs boots once she has grown in a whole new hoof then I plan to go for easy boot gloves or renegades I think.
 
Buds_mum said:
I prefer these shoe thingys... Me farrier bangs em on, they get changed every 6 weeks, never rub and look neater than clumpy 'walking boots'....


Ooooh no she dddidnt ;) ;)

Love love your girl fw, very pretty x
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If you are happy that's great.

I'm quite enjoying the 1200 quid a year saving on my two in work unshod, the never losing a shoe, and the lack of worry about her slight leg deviations and breed disposition towards navicular being an issue due to her mainly walking on the feet god gave her. The reduction in concussion on her joints, damage to my fields and the fact we can canter on snow and hack on ice with no issues are just other happy benefits. She rarely wears boots as I said already, this is just an insurance policy for our first official 20km ride on unknown terrain. On our normal daily 20km rides on home ground (forestry and Tarmac) she does not wear boots :cool:

Oh dear, I sound like the BFT now and its all your fault buds mum.

Bootless and fancy free, all three:

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have you tried vetwrap around the hoof and pastern works for mine who rubs on the front of the pastern in the boas
 
Don't buy the cavallo Pastern wraps- they won't fit! Old Macs are far superior- never had a rub in them in the (relatively short) time my boy was booted.
 
I'm sure this post will be moved to hooves in a second, but here goes.

Shy has had Cavallos for a month or so now, and they have been great. He was struggling with thrush and heading for verges, but now he strides out like a new pony. The pastern thingies are absolute rubbish (see pic) they just slid up.

However, we are now having rubbing issues :mad: And tbh, I am finding that they are collapsing around the heels, making them very hard to put on properly. I am starting to not like these boots very much *sigh*.

Anyway, I have tried a sock (feet too big), opaque tights, nope, and ordinary pastern wraps, nope. So I've just bought some black vetwrap, and will report back.

We went for a totally barefoot ride today, and he went really well - so maybe we could leave the boots for a while. I was starting to think that shoeing at the front would be the next step, the very, very last thing I want to do, but I'll see how we go.

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Sorry can't help as mine haven't rubbed. We aren't doing anywhere near your distances though.

I think if socks stop the rubs I'd go with that, if they go into holes it would be worth considering what would happen if you used just tubigrip or a leg warmer or a sock that has gone holey at the bottom and has just been left as a tube....... if that doesn't work because the ride up and you need the foot part to keep them in place then I would sew some thicker fabric on in a patch to reinforce them. Denim would be a decent hardwearing option, cut to the size of the pad in your boot (or the sole of the boot) and sewn onto the bottom of a sock or length of tubigrip.
 
Thanks for all the ideas folks. In my usual disorganised fashion I have ordered nothing so its going to be socks or vet wrap :o.

Kat they were fine for long distance if it was slowish work, it was the fast work fir longer distances that seems to be the problem. I've done 14km rides in them a couple of times with no problems but we were plodding along with no aims at that stage, not "in training" lol
 
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Tried vet wrap tonight and it was off within 5kms of trot and canter :rolleyes:

Have gone the other way now and decided stuff the boots, I need to get a grip, we will stick with her feet instead she is well able for the distance, hopefully the terrain won't be too different to home.
 
Just a suggestion (although sounds like too late :D). Skippy'sMum on here uses the Cavallos, and has had success shaking a load of Lanacane powder (get it in Boots) onto the foot and into the boots. It absorbs moisture and has a sort of talcum powder anti rub effect. And it's medicated, so if there are any already chafed areas, it will help.

I use OldMacs and have never bothered with gaiters, but they're well broken in and horse has tough skin ;)
 
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