Easy boot rx5/25/2023 ![]() ![]() My biggest complaint: those air holes? Did not work AT ALL. They MUST be worn barefoot - a shoe would have shredded the inside of the boot in short order. The fabric tore a bit in the area where the two pieces come together - you can see it in the bottom left of the photo above. The boots weren't exactly going to fall off, but there was noticeable stretching. The elastic that tightens the top of the boot wore out relatively quickly, but I was pulling it extra tight to try and keep more of an antiseptic environment. Wear & tear accelerated significantly when Tris started going out a little bit. They are also sturdier than the SoftRides and can be used for limited turnout.Ĭons: they are not really for turnout. They function very much like the SoftRides and are a much better price (usually running about $75 per boot, as opposed to $200 per pair). They do exactly what they are advertised to do, and it was rare for me to find even a shaving down inside. Sometimes it wouldn't settle 100% on the hoof but usually asking him to pick his foot up and put it down again fitted the hoof right in. Pros: they were really easy to use, opening up in the right way and sliding on. Eventually we transitioned down to the 4 on both fronts. I ordered two size 4 boots, which were the correct size for him, but had to buy a size 6 from the vet clinic - in the first early weeks, we were wrapping his foot with multiple layers of gauze, vet wrap, and then Elastikon on top of that. His RF (the surgery foot) was wrapped 24/7 under the boots. The first 5 weeks or so were entirely on stall rest, and the remaining three were on limited turnout in a small gravelly area. ![]() He wore them 24/7 for 8 weeks on both front feet - both shoes were pulled and we wanted to keep them even so there was no compensatory lameness. The vet clinic recommended these EasyBoots, so I measured away and ordered them. However, in those days, Tristan's hoof was actually open on the front as well (see the foot progression collage for an example of what I mean) and needed protection all around. Hospital plates are a special kind of shoe that supports a flat piece of metal that covers the bottom of the hoof. After Tristan had his surgery, the debate was between hospital plate and hoof boot. ![]()
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