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Re: [RC] ] shipping boots - Rides 2 FarIn essence they can cause more problems than they prevent. Second, they retain heat and can restrict blood flow (if too tight) to those all important feet. I have never had a chafing problem...and my quality shipping boots have never come off or down. My old cheap ones did, but my good ones have shaped to his leg and never seem to budge. A quality pair would be difficult to "cut off blood flow" with. They're thick and have wide velcro strips. I'd think that's more of a risk with wraps. I've had times when they did come in handy that I think were unavoidable situations...O.K. in hindsight maybe avoidable but still was *trying* to be careful. Unloaded Kaboot in a parking lot once and happened to park the rear of the trailer over a spot where a car had dripped oil. When his hoof hit it his leg zipped right under the rear of the trailer. Boot saved a nasty scrape. Same situation unloading a horse on the road once. As much as we haul cross country have to unload on pavement some. A friend of mine doesn't bother with them. The floor in his trailer fell through and though he felt the lurch & struggle from the horses & stopped immediatly. His horse's fetlock hit the pavement and it scraped a nasty deep hole there. A shipping boot would have helped protect it. I'm a rediculously careful driver (got to my destination once and found my coffee cup I'd left on the bumper still there), but for some reason people see a horse trailer coming and want to pull out fast in front of me. I know there's times I'll have to hit the brakes. Just like to hedge my bits all I can. My only fear with shipping boots is fire ants. When I unload to walk him I'm VERY careful to avoid their hill areas and check the boots well before I load back up. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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