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| LadyLuck1 |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 8:14:52 PM
Which boots does everyone use? Looking for a set for Kirstie and want to know which fit arabs best.
Thanks |
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| Red Rum |
Posted - 21 Feb 2011 : 3:57:08 PM
Travel boots seem to slip, I use good old fashioned bandages with gamgee, and then taped so they can't slip down
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| pinkvboots |
Posted - 20 Feb 2011 : 10:20:50 PM
I bandage then put boots over the top like a few others on here, as Arabi slipped off the ramp once and he scraped his back leg along the edge of the ramp and the boot just moved down the leg rather than protecting it, when he was two he hated anything on his legs so we would leave them on him for short periods in the stable to get him used to them. |
| Geena |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 7:41:25 PM
Search on Arabian Lines search with the word travel and Geena as the writer and it should bring up the topic when travel boots don't do their job, it has pictures on it. This was from ones that were slightly too big and a nervous traveller. Now I use either bandages with boots. So please what ever you choose to do make sure they fit ok x |
| LadyLuck1 |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 6:25:12 PM
Thank you everyone I didn't think about just using her chaps I suppose I could just put knee and hock boots on also. Not that I worry too much.
Mary |
| Pasha |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 3:24:29 PM
I use the Amigo Boots and never had a problem with them  Fluff's owner doesn't use travel boots on her, so I have been travelling her in the bandages and over-reach boots she wears for her lessons or warm-up... seems to work well and I think said owner thought it was a good idea as travelled her to her last comp in her jumping boots |
| phoenixbruka |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 2:49:48 PM
Mark Todd for Boysie fantastic boots |
| Callisto |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 2:02:57 PM
We used to only use over reach boots and knee pads on Harley because he refused to believe he could walk in boots (and I tried several different brands), this was combined with his reluctance to load (only when leaving home, not to come back), so we humoured him. However we then had an episode where his travelling companion lost it a bit in the back, ripped off the rubber divider under the partition and Harley ended up with a couple of bad cuts where he had tried to avoid him. Since then he has had travel boots applied once he is loaded, which works pretty well.
Lily dislikes the thick travel boots so she has the mid thickness more flexible ones. My sister's gelding wears a full set of neoprene boots/gaiters designed for protection in the field (have cannon and overreach protection) because he too refuses to walk in travel boots, and we don't quite trust him enough in a confined space to put travel boots on once he's loaded. Have tried bandaging but when they're wound up because they see the box is waiting for them (means competition time), it can be frustrating trying to get them on.
ETA All our horses are shod, if I am travelling an unshod horse I would just use knee boots. |
| Margaret |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 1:01:16 PM
Ammi hates the thick travel boots which give most protection and used to try to kick them off (which often involved kicking the sides of the lorry) so I now travel him in the soft quilted ones (Polly products) - I feel it's better than nothing and he copes OK with those. |
| shfwarrior |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 06:47:05 AM
we bandage under our boots to protect the bits where there are gaps....also stops slipping sue |
| Zannyzan |
Posted - 17 Feb 2011 : 12:23:37 AM
I have mark Todd travel boots which are fab but full slightly too big for my 17hh dutch warmblood lolI'm getting amego boots for my filly though as borrowed some from a friend today. |
| Jess.And.Tiger |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 10:38:16 PM
Tiger wears his magnetic boots on the front, and Masta travel boots on the back... although I want some new ones as they are all tatty haha!!! had the masta boots for nearly 3 years!!!
xxx |
| s.jade |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 10:23:58 PM
My Polish WB gelsing would be dead were it not for his travel boots.
Prior to purchasing him, he was stuck in a crashed Ifor Williams trailer in a ditch, thrashed and shredded his Mark Todd travel boots before the vet got to him to sedate him - had he not had them on he wouldn't be here now as those cuts (they are fab boots with a thcker outer than most) that went right through his boots and scarred his legs, would have been to just his flesh....
So I swear by the Mark Todd boots great shape which keeps them up, snug fit and they fit tight enough not to slide, unlike many. |
| rosie |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 9:29:05 PM
Don't use them.
If ours are going out jumping they travel in their brusshing boots and overreach boots |
| LadyLuck1 |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 9:29:04 PM
Thank you
Mary |
| Cinnypony |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 8:38:56 PM
Stopped using them a year ago - Cinny happier without them and I don't want her legs overheating after comp.
Also she's had one slip down her leg before when travelling, so I feel that she's safer without them... |
| Suelin |
Posted - 16 Feb 2011 : 8:31:37 PM
Never use them. Almost had a serious accident while travelling my boy wearing them and never have since. I bandage and knee boot if I have to, but not the all in one jobs. |
