Had tried the others too, but not to that extent! Lacking a spare screw, we duct-taped the boot in place. Now, my mare has a past mild sprain to her R front medial collateral ligament and every so often if stepping on a small rock wrong will get a zting. I've owned Cavallo hoof boots before, but keeping my mare trimmed short enough to fit the size 3 made her tender-footed whenever she wasn't wearing the boots. I fear I’m hurting her. I take the boot apart, replace the sole and re-assemble the whole thing. That felt great to us. You can make a gift right here on the LostSeaExpedition.com Donate page. I’d say flare-wise, you’d be okay going 4 weeks between trims. FlexGaiter TPU with pre-glue and 2 pre-mounted rivets. Flex Boots are light and sleek, they are comfortable for the horse to wear and easy for the owner to use. Even though the boots came off the hoof, they remained attached to the pastern by the Velcro enclosure. Where we saw more wear was on non-sole parts like garters and Velcro closures. I do know that Lee the Horse Logger used hoof boots on his Suffolk Punches. The Boas are no longer available in most sizes so I’m now needing to find something else for my new riding mule with larger feet. Still, given 3 different mules, you’ll probably find as many different hoof shapes. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. For our rating system, we listed various criteria, from how easy the boot was to put on to how much it chafed the animal. Due to her somewhat odd conformation, her left front is flared to the inside making the boot challenging to get on. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Cavallo and Renegade boots, when worn on Dusty’s hind feet, scrubbed together when he walked. It’s really cool to hear you’re having really similar results with Easy Boots and Renegades. Four bases for the FlexHoof boots. I absolutely swear by them. The pastern wrap needed re-stitching after around 100 miles of use. Flex Hoof Boots™ are hoof boots made in Finland! Just gotta squeeze in some time to write it all up. We never lost a boot where we would have expected: in the sucking mud and slippery rocks. By the time school got back in, you could walk fine on gravel. We designed a boot that improves the health of your horse's hooves every step of the way. This could become an issue depending on a horse’s gait and job. Open the Velcro on the neoprene garter. One thing we noticed on all our boots is that the Velcro attachments became less effective after about 150 miles of use. Saddle mule. She and I have both had some health issues over the winter so I had not yet followed through. Two of those incidents happened when the mules spun on asphalt. I have traveled 3 summers with hoof boots in temps well over 100F (38C). It’s that important to me. Scoot Boot – Pair £ 139.90 Select options; Easyboot Cloud £ … Description Description. Different boots work for different folks. Breakages were minor:-a few rubber keepers-the end of one Velcro strap-Velcro became clogged. Mehr anzeigen Cavallo makes good boots. In general, a mule has a narrower hoof than a horse. Snug Strap is designed with a simple screw-on feature, making the … Anhand dieser Tabelle finden Sie die passende Größe für Ihr Pferd: Größen 90  (85 b is 95mm breit, 90 bis 100mm lang) und 100 (95 bis 105mm breit, 100 bis 110mm On my recent 195 day saddle journey from North Carolina to Idaho I had lots of wet weather. Very good report! Feel free to use the photos. Interessante Beiträge: 27. We enjoyed traveling the land knowing our mules’ feet were moving and flexing and pumping blood as they were designed to. My saddle and wagon journeys – all done without steel shoes – include: My books and DVDs are available in the RiverEarth.com General Store.You can stream the “Lost Sea Expedition” on Amazon. Have a friend who is untrusting of boots for her horse who cannot keep a set of shoes on.So I got a free pair of renegades. I SO envy you the courage to take a trip like this! Scoot Horse Hoof Boots - PAIR £139.95 : Scoot Boot Fit Kit Hire Service (Price is a deposit only for 3 x Scoot Boot Shells) £45.00 : Easycare Horse Hoof Boot Comfort Pads - PAIR £15.95 : Field Paste Red Horse Products Antimicrobial Hoof Sole Dressing £16.95 If the road ahead was grass, we could let them go barefoot. This really saves the Velcro fasteners. a scientifically conducted comparison of hoof boots. Das Laufgefühl meines Pferdes war viel elastischer aus dem Sattel. Re: Flex Hoof Boots Beitrag von Flaumur » 15.07.2019, 12:35 ich hab sie gekauft. As to trying hoof boots, I’d say go for it. They all provided great phone support, talking us through measuring our animals’ hoofs and helping us choose the boot that fit. From Grayson Highlands, we rode home. Bernie / RiverEarth.com. Think of it this way. Reslly enjoyed the veey pertinent information you provided and in an easy to read manner. As we, my wife and I, are working towards crossing Canada from West to East with a team and wagon, I’m wondering if these type of boots would work for us too. 2.3K likes. Listen to the manufacturers’ suggestions on proper trim for hoof boots. *EasyCare, maker of EasyBoots, sent me a few boots for the “Lost Sea Expedition” wagon journey across America. Boots maybe more expensive then steel shoes or not? Farnam Horseshoer's Secret Deep-Penetrating Hoof Conditioner, 32 fl oz. This let me take complete control of my animals’ hoof care instead of relying on others. Your article has helped me decide on which to try next. I use RED Easy Boots on my 28 year old trail mare’s fronts and black with red straps Scoot Boots on her back feet. Most folks aren’t going to use their hoof boots that intensely. There are Davis Boots, Old Macs and Scoot Boots. EasyBoot: from traveling both ways across America in EasyBoots, I knew they would fit my mules. Our mules were traveling bare foot. A boot isn’t a good match for your horse if, after an hour of riding, it’s rubbed the hair off your horses’s pastern or heels. If that’s not in your budget and you enjoyed watching the “Lost Sea Expedition” series, you could leave a review. On August 31, 2018, Julia and I tacked up our mules, put on their hoof boots and rode out our front gate. I use a rubber mallet to tap the front although her leg flinches with each tap. Some could work well for donkeys. Have Lost Sea Expedition on my “watch” list! I bought one direct from Custom Pack and Rigging. Keep this in mind, though. Your Belgians are heavier than my stock (800 – 900 pounds) so I’m not sure what that’ll mean for wear, etc. ConsideringAnimals.com Julia Carpenter’s take on our mule rambleLostSeaExpediton.com Barefoot wagon voyage from Canada to MexicoStream the “Lost Sea Expedition” series on Amazoncavallo-inc.comeasycareinc.com (maker of EasyBoots)renegadehoofboot.comPete Ramey “Making Natural Hoof Care Work for You”My books and DVDs are available in the RiverEarth.com General Store. I used the classic Easy Boots (the ones with the buckle and no garter) for the Lost Sea Expedition. Required fields are marked *. Wonderful article and so good to hear a comparison of the three by someone who has put a lot of miles on them. And the tougher their feet get, the longer they can go without hoof boots. We have used Easy Boots in the past, but found they came off in the mud and certainly not as much as you have encountered. If I used straight steal shoes, they would only last for three days. It’s been my experience that when a horse goes barefoot (as opposed to being shod with steel horse shoes), the more the horse is used, the tougher the hoof gets. Great report! The EVO BOOT 1.19 is the result of professional product development combined with Endurance riding experience that allows riders to apply a hoofboot easily on different hoof situations. This allowed us to continue using the boot. Great article.i may have missed it but I think it’s worth mentioning that the shape of your horses hoof has a lot to do with the boot you choose, as boots vary in shape. Put back on in a jiffy and no more problems trotting and moving the rest of afternoon. 24. Check them out here. However, after a few days in hot weather, small scabs started to appear. Could these hoof boots fit donkeys? Flex Hoof Boot Fit Kit quantity. Just my experience. Sounds like you’ve got a lot of experience with boots yourself. We found enough adjustment flexibility in each boot to make it work.Still, there will be mule hoofs that are hard to size to a hoof boot. To ensure our animals had enough to eat, we picketed them out at night. Green broke.– Dusty: 20-something horse mule. This was primarily caused by the boots’ rounded top cuff. They fit well, almost no way for them to slip out. November 2019. This happened three times. They were right. If so, please consider making a donation to the “Lost Sea Expedition” Public TV series. While this may be a report on how our hoof boots performed, it’s also a testament to how far hoof boots have come in the 2 decades I’ve used them. In the final days of our mule ramble, our mules walked 9 consecutive days – 7 of those in hoof boots. How quickly you can put on a hoof boot isn’t a major criteria unless you have to put on quite a few of them – as we did. Thank you!!!!! I am about to try Renegade boots made for riding on snow and ice. If a toe was long, we could trim it. And with the stylish boot design and choice of gaiter and strap colours, they look great too! Hufschuhe sollten einfach und benutzerfreundlich sein. The good news is the boots we tested were, for the most part, really tough. I still think that, more important than the brand, is finding the boot that fits the situation. I had just read some other rating articles for boots, and they all or Cavallo at top of their list and did not even mention Renegades at all? Bare back riding goes hand in hand with bare hooves and natural hoof care and people who use bitless bridles. Since a donkey has an even narrower hoof than a mule, it would certainly be worth contacting the manufacturer for suggestions. They are: I hope you found this report informative. As to cost, I couldn’t tell you how boots vs shod would work out. At night, the mules stood in wet grass. Then, if the hoof boot thing just doesn’t work for you, then learn how to shoe. NOTE: This article ran a while back but in response to lots of questions I’m getting about hoof boots, I’m re-posting it. Thanks for any advice you can give. Secure the Velcro. We are currently using 3 different brands of hoof boots successfully. It was re-assuring to know that we were in charge of our mules’ feet. Tap in place. I’m not a control freak but I really want to be in control of my horses’/mules’ feet at all times. Pastern wrap is made of stitched neoprene. These hoof boots had to be mentioned on this list because of both their use of shielding in the front of the boot as well as the polyurethane sole unit featured in …