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Mike, figuring out how tight the boots ought to be is part of the fine 
tuning process.  Not everyone leaves the boots on overnight.  I always 
take them off because I just think the hooves need a chance to breath 
and air out.  The gaiters eliminate the need to really crank down the 
buckles to make the boots really tight the way it had to be with the 
original easyboots which is one of the biggest advantages of the gaiters.
Laney

Mike Lewis wrote:
> Are there alternatives to the Easyboots that mitigate the problem of 
> being overtight?  Perhaps by adhering in a slightly different manner?  I 
> suspect not... but there are other products out there that I'm not 
> familiar with.
>
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:51 AM
> Subject: [RC] Easyboots too tight
>
>
> > Karen Lynd said:
> >
> > > Question for easyboot users - have you ever
> > > put an easyboot on too tight?  I didn't think that
> > > was possible,
> >
> > Yes, it is possible to put easyboots on too tight and I have done it.
> > After standing overnight in them after the first day of the Rocky
> > Mountain ride by horse was quite lame.  I pulled his easy boots and took
> > him home.  When he got of the trailer when we got home he was no longer
> > lame, but he did have bruises (white feet) on the SIDES of his hoof
> > walls just behind where the clamps go that were the same width as the
> > heel strap of the boots...and had stripes just like the ribs of the heel
> > straps.
> >
> > On another horse, I have had the horse start stomping her feet and
> > complaining about two hours after I put the easyboots on, and she quit
> > doing so the instant I loosened them.
> >
> > In neither of these instances was it because the heel strap came up on
> > the heel bulb.
> >
> > kat
> > Orange County, Calif.
> >
> >
> >
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