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Re: [RC] ] shipping boots - sharp pennyI'm reading these shipping boot threads with great interest. I personally don't like them for the reasons others have stated, they are hot, tend to shift, bunch up or just annoy the horse in general. I have in the past used standing leg wraps with bell boots. Properly applied these don't bunch or shift. This combo saved an incident from becoming a major injury. A newly purchased 2yr old decided to climb into the feed manger in an older model straight load BP. One of the front leg wraps ended up shredded..could have been a shredded leg instead, and possibly the end of a brillent horses' career. (He went on to being a multi pinto nat'l champion) Let me say, leg wraps are NOT for everyone, you have to know how to correctly wrap so you have even pressure to prevent bowing a tendon. Now that I have a better trailer there is nothing inside it that can injure a leg so I don't wrap. Occasionally I do haul with no turn bell boots for a horse I know will need them. Once had a horse that spent the entire trailer ride trying to pull off his front shoes. (guess he was just bored...lol) The bell boots put an end to that in short order. In the years I've spent hauling with out wraps the only injury I have had is to the heel bulb and bell boots would have prevented it. Regards, Penny Do accidents happen? Sure. Are there horses who need leg protection in a trailer? Sure. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.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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