I’d see if the straps and heels rub before cutting them down. I
use easyboots on 4 different horses,
none of them are bothered by the heels or straps. The gaiters are a problem for
3 of the horses, they do get rubs from them, even with vet wrapping. I’ve
started using Shoe Goo for conditioning rides
(instead of the gaiters) and will use EasyFoam on my
upcoming 2 days of 50s.
Kathy
L gin wrote:
I just bought 2 more epics --now have a set. One half is newer easyboots I just bought gaiters for with the heel already
cut down and a set with the gaiters not trimmed down .
My horse is barefoot (has very hard, feet, thick walls and nice concavity to
begin with.) I am wondering if I should cut the straps and heels and fronts a
bit of the new ones--- or put the whole set on while riding in arena and see
what happens. ---- Course you can always buy more heel straps. I have an extra
set... but once you cut the heel down....
"KarenCasemier"
I'm getting ready to experiment with Epics
for my horse. There is tons of
great information written by Karen
on easycares site. What I'm trying to
determine is if I should trim the
back of the boot/heel strap as suggested
inKaren's
directions, or if that is only necessary for standard easy boots
without the gaitor.
I can't determine if the trimming is recommended just to
decrease the risk of the horse
pulling a boot (which would be negated by the
gaitor
that covers that same area), or also to reduce the chance of rubbing.
