woof brushing boots..

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Hello,wanted some advice from others you use woof wear brushing boots, do they make your horses legs hot after you've done fast work/hard work?
For any galloping/jumping/competing pony gets booted on all fours with woof wear brushing boots and have noticed that afterwards his legs are hot underneath. Is this normal/happens as they dont have 'ventalation' ? I always wash/sponge/cool boots his legs after anyway after fast work whether I boot him or not (because of mud etc)
Am looking at getting some other xc boots (that I can't remember the name of atm) that have vents and have good reviews, but am them wondering if I should them all the time if the woof wear ones are making his legs hot ?
 
Yes, they cause the leg to retain heat generated from the fast work. I think woof need to come up with some way of getting around this, as other manufacturers are introducing the air cooling systems. I do use woof but I am careful about what I boot up for to make sure his legs don't overheat.
 
I don't find much difference in heat with woofs or naked legs and I often travel in mine and do xc/hacks in them. I do take them off first and will try to hose the legs if possible too.
 
My share horse gets warm in them from just hacking, and he's fairly normal. My own horse has abnormally hot legs and will sweat up in anything. His Woof boots weren't as bad as his Prolites, but he even gets wet legs in air-cooled boots so I think he's a bit odd! But yes, anything you put on the legs, really, is going to heat them a bit. Personally I think lightweight, cool boots are a good idea no matter what you do.
 
I really like woof boots and use them for everything. I also travel youngsters in them so I don't have to be faffing taking them on and off with ears flying past my ears. I've not found them any different to other boots, aside from really thick fluffy boots they all seem much of a muchness to me.
They are not thick so I don't see how dramatic heating can take place tbh. think anything which insulates the leg is going to be warmer than going without.
 
I also use and really like woof 4 or 5 strap boots for most general hacking/ schooling/cantering. Haven't really noticed my horses legs getting especially hot in them. Agree- anything around the leg will make them warmer than nothing at all- but that's the risk vs benefit compared to a potential injury/ knocks if he didn't have anything at all on.
Tbh, I find most of the air cooled stuff ( which I do use for XC comps) doesn't really last well!
 
I use woof for every day, not XC as they are bit too lightweight. All my boots even the air cooled expensive ones make my horses legs a bit sweaty.
I think they do the basic job of protecting against knocks and bangs absolutely fine.
I always use some sort of brushing boot ever since an old horse came down on the road by accident. He had a massive gash through one of his boots which would have been his leg if he was wearing nothing.
 
Oh I do like them (have used woof wear boots for years so not slating them at all) just didn't know whether it would be best for him to have no boots rather than warm/sweaty legs under boots?
 
Chalking it up, the chance of getting hot in them vs the chance of a clumsy horse knocking itself. I choose the boots. I do notice the horses legs getting warm, but no more so than any other type of basic brushing boot I've ever used.
 
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