RE: Easyboots - Argh!

["C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

I use a screwdriver to get the boots off, but it never touches my gelding's
frog.  It's just to get the metal plates (on which I've flattened the teeth)
away from his hoof wall and the strap over the back edge of the shoe.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com [mailto:Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:49 AM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Easyboots - Argh!
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> Anybody have any good techniques for getting these suckers OFF??  I
> got it on just fine, but the farrier had to get it off, and he used a
> big screwdriver.  I tried this, but stopped when I realized that by
> levering it off with a screwdriver, I was using Zane's frog as the
> fulcrum.  Ouch.  The farrier did the same thing, but he did it
> quicker.  I could tell it still hurt though.  How do you guys get
> these things off?
>
>      Kenzie & Zane
>      Birmingham, AL
>      http://kenzie_k.tripod.com/zane.html
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