Re: RC: Bellboots? HELP!

[Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>]

They should almost or just touch the ground. No bunching. Also try the pull
on rubber bells, they work a bit better. I had leased a TB gelding that
needed trailers on all 4 feet to help strenghten his stifle and a few other
things, it worked and he had to wear bell boots all the time. I never had
any trouble with the bells.
jasmine
At 09:23 AM 6/21/99 -0400, C Eyler wrote:
>I reeeaaallly need advice from Ridecamp's collective wisdom.
>
>Just started with a Natural Balance-trained farrier, and she wants my
>gelding to wear bellboots while we're in the process of making adjustments
>to the way his feet have been trimmed and shod (shoes are a tad wide at the
>heel to encourage expansion, with a bit more of the shoe's heel extending
>out the back).  The shoer wants the bellboots on him all the time, not just
>when we're working.  He's on hilly pasture 24/7 (except when getting his
>grain/supplements twice daily).
>
>I have zero experience using bellboots.  Went to a good local tack shop and
>got a pair of soft rubbery boots with double velcro (don't want to spend my
>riding time searching for lost boots), size medium.  They seem to fit him
>well -- loose around his pasterns, but not floppy.
>
>Yesterday we were out for a very leisurely three-hour ride on a trail with
>lots of short, steep hills, and he came back showing some barely
>discernable irritation/heat on the rear of his pink pastern.  During the
>ride, a friend noticed that the boots were creased, or bent, at one point.
>
>The barn owner/manager (very caring, but very old school) says that the
>boots should be on only when he's under saddle, but I confirmed with the
>shoer that she wants them on him all the time.  Asked the shoer if I should
>slather desitin or vaseline on him and she said this would be okay, though
>she was surprised that he got any rub at all.  My riding buddy suggested to
>me that sealing his skin from air on a full-time basis does not sound like
>a good idea.  She advised me to try using the vaseline only when he's under
>saddle.
>
>I'll go out to the farm this afternoon to check on him (the boots are off
>right now), but I'm not sure what to do next.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Cindy Eyler
>Baltimore MD
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