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Moriah,

Go to the Easyboot website. They have answers to your questions.

And don't give up if you aren't having luck with the boots. Sometimes it takes a while for you to learn how to use them and for your horse to get use to them.

Karen Chaton, of Easyboot fame  :)  encouraged me to stick with it, and I am so glad I have!

I saw hooves on my horse that weren't correct after different shoers worked with him. I had his shoes pulled, learned to do my own trimming and today his hooves are looking tons better.

I train in very tough, rocky conditions and Gambler just chugs along without a care one. Now that tells me something is right about the boots.

I am still learning, but as time goes by, it has gotten easier and easier.

 

Good luck and don't give up!

 

Lori

Moriah Nickerson <moriah.nickerson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All,  I have read the great debates on shoes v. barefoot and for now I would like to keep my boy barefoot.  I am looking for some advise on boots as alternatives to shoes for my horse.  However, where I ride is really rocky (new england) and I don't want him to have sore feet. 

Is it possible to just put boots on him when we ride, and will that give him enough protection from rocks? 

What boots work best on barefoot horses? 

Is there an adjustment time for them to get used to boots or break them in?

The boot seems like a rather rigid shape, does it form to their feet at all, or is it a "best fit"?

Do they work in snow, and how are the added studs for traction?

What other problems might I encounter that my worry-wart brain has not already dreamed up??

thanks in advance for the advise! :)

moriah and rubix