This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, that was what I started with years ago when they were just about the only alternative to easy boots. They work really well and are really durable! My horses love them. There are new designs out there though that are worth looking at re: does that shape fit your horse's hoof shape better, etc. The Horse Journal had a review of the various styles last year. I have used Boa boots because they are not so bulky. There is also the Old Mac G2 which a friend of mine uses succesfully on her fjord gelding. The only problem I had with the Boa boots is that when my 1100 lb fjord mare was cantering down the trail, the cable broke and off went the Boa, rolling into the ditch. We retrieved it, and had to finish the gravelly ride bootless, which, at the time, she was a little ouchy about that, but did not come up sore at all. Her feet have grown out so beautifully this winter, and is going bootless on gravel trails with no problem, that I wonder if she will be ouchy under those same conditionsthis summer when it is drier.
On 2/25/07, Beth Pulsifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Beth Pulsifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Has anyone that is doing the barefooting tried the Old Mac Boots when > needed? > > Beth > in Maine where it was sunny and 40 degrees today.. wind made it feel quite > a > bit cooler though. > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
