Re: RC: Red Shoes

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At 10:50 AM 04/22/2001 -0700, beth glover wrote:
>"Is that blood on the feet? Is the horse bleeding?" We weren't sure if 
>there was blood and easy boots, or just red easy boots.  Why do they have 
>red easy boots? Besides black, don't they make another color? Does it make 
>veterinarians look suspiciously at the horse because of the red--like a 
>red flag in front of a bull?  Beth

Hi Beth:  The red boots are easier to see if you're trotting along and 
looking down to see if they are there.  Black boots can be really hard to 
see if you've been thru mud, they really blend in.  Red ones are also 
easier to find.

Some vets do have a problem with red boots *especially* if you've got on 
one red boot and one black one.

It's kind of funny, now when somebody goes into a vet check with only one 
easyboot on, the vets will usually say "hey did you know you lost an 
easyboot?" (they are assuming you started out using them on both 
feet).  When I first started using them, they would often write it down on 
the vet card "horse in easyboots", as if it was something to look out 
for!  I can't count the # of times I've been asked why my horse has 
easyboots on.

One time at a ride (speaking of red feet and blood), and some guy is going 
down the trail on a grey horse.  I say to him, hey I think your horse is 
bleeding.  His whole foot was bloody, but it was hard to tell much from the 
back.  He says yeah I know, but I put an easyboot on and now I can't get it 
off.  He didn't know to cut the back down on it, and the horse was getting 
cut up in the back.  The guy just kept riding his horse downhill, it was 
pretty lamed up by the time he got to the vetcheck.  I hate to see people 
not knowing any better.

k