Easyboot Glove

[FlyingCowgirl]

Anyone interested in the Easyboot Glove? I'm looking at getting the Easycare Fit Kit. It costs $8.50 to get the kit. You have different sizes of boots to fit to your horse. $8.50 includes shipping to and return shipping. You get the kit for 30 days.

Is anyone else interested in checking their horse's size as well?

Here is a link to the Easycare/Easyboot website. The Easyboot Glove is the newest addition to their line-up of boots.

www.easycareinc.com/our_boots/easyboot_glove/Easyboot_Glove.aspx

ALSO! There is a program for UPGRADING your old boots to Easyboot Gloves. You ship them your old boot and you get 50% off a new boot.

www.easycareinc.com/Cool_Stuff/Upgrades.aspx

And lastly, I have one old easyboot that I want to turn in for this deal. Anyone else have an extra, broke boot that I can use? Of course, only if you don't have any plans to use this Upgrade offer.

Alisa

[Laura]

I got these on trial last year. I didn't like them at all -- but I've heard other people who rave about them, so maybe I just wasn't doing something right. They are so tight that they seem like they need tools of some sort to pry them enough to get on/off. I couldn't even get one on properly (but I have wimpy upper body strength). I sent them back.

I really love my Renegades and will be sticking with those. renegadehoofboots.com/

[FlyingCowgirl]

Laura,

Have you noticed any rubbing at all? Do they have good grip? I'm always open to suggestions.

[Laura]

Nope - no rubbing. The only part of them that is over any skin is the very soft strap across the front of the pastern, and it's not supposed to be strapped tight -- there is supposed to be two fingerbreadths of space in there, and the part that touches the horse is soft neoprene. The back part that comes over the heel bulb is hinged for super easy on/off, and it too has soft neoprene.

As far as grip -- they seem to be really good. I don't know if they are quite as good as a natural barefoot hoof, but it is excellent compared to steel horseshoes. We got them last fall, so I don't have too many rides in them, but they are so snug that you don't get rocks or sand in them (like we did with the Cavallo Simple Boots or Old Macs), and we've gone through mud and water, and it just drains through. I'm really happy with them. My friend Cat has used them for I think about 3 years now, and she rides a lot and in a lot of different terrain and loves them. Hers haven't worn out yet, so I think they are worth the cost.

It's good that you can do your own trimming, because they fit so snugly that you need to be able to roll a toe or remove a flare in between normal 6 or 8-week farrier visits or they won't fit after a couple of weeks. It looks like the EasyBoot Gloves would be similar to that.

It's interesting that there was an article either Equus or The Horse (can't remember where) about how for optimum soundness, hooves need to be trimmed every couple of weeks and that especially shod horses have markedly different angles and pressure points on their tendons/ligaments that they have to deal with on a 6 or 8-week schedule.