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Hi April,

We've used the same stuff Ed mentioned, the black Equi-build.  It stays in best at least a couple of weeks after shoeing, when there's a bit of a lip under the inside edge of the shoe to help hold it.  Make sure the hoof is spotlessly clean, and bone dry.  You can do it at home before you go to the ride.  Either use a blow dryer to dry the hoof as Ed suggested, or, if the horse has been out in the mud/rain, it's best to let the feet dry long term, as a blow dryer won't get the deep moisture out of the hoof.  Put the horse in a stall with lots of shavings for a day or two to let his feed dry well.  After you squirt it in under the foam pad, put a strip of duct tape around the back to keep it from squirting out when you set his foot down.  :)  It sets up faster when it's hot, slower when it's cold.  We've had it stay in till the next shoeing...no problem with just leaving it in.

 

Dawn in East Texas (we sometmes use it when we go to rocky rides)

 

On 4/1/07, April <endurancerider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, Ridecampers,

I am looking for a pour-in pad solution that can be applied after shoeing. Here's what I've done. Last year I had my farrier put shoes and pads on my horse for Chicken Chase in Indiana. This year, my farrier came out a couple days before City Slickers. I was thinking about City Slickers, not Chicken Chase, and forgot to have him put pads in. Chicken Chase will fall into the same shoe cycle and I don't want to have my farrier out to pull the shoes and put pads in.

I don't want to use Easyboots over shoes because I have not done that in training and I don't want to introduce the extra weight and bulkiness at this late date. Same for Bosana boots.

Most of the stuff I've read indicates you should put the pour-in pads in when you shoe. Equi-Build and Equi-Pak both seem to indicate they can be applied post-shoeing. Has anybody used these this way in humid climates? I have foudn a couple of posts in the archives of users using these in dry climates. Does anybody have any other suggestions?

I may end up just hoping he'll be ok without pads. I've done one day rides there without pads, but doing two, I would like the extra protection.

Thanks!
April
Nashville, TN
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