This message is from: "M. Denmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have 5 Fjords and mine are all barefoot. I too have been thinking about temporary boots for those really rocky roads as you couldn't pay me to go through the hassle of shoes ever again. Here is the website for Hoofwings that are used by Martha Olivo, the lady who trains many of the barefoot trimmers in the US. I figure if she likes them for her horse they ought to be good. If you take the plunge and buy some boots I hope you'll let the rest of us know how they do for you. Take a look: http://horsneaker.com/hoofwings.htm I know that many folks love the Horsneakers for their semi custom fit, too. Here is Martha Olivo's site also with much good information to think about on barefoot horses: http://www.marthaolivo.com/index.htm Hope this is useful.
Milli Ann Magnolia, TX ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:32:57 -0400 From: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Which horse boots to buy? This message is from: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Congratulations to all who have been going on great fall rides and drives and thanks for sharing your exoeriences. Finne and I walked down the country road by our barn for the first time yesterday and he was great. I hope to get out and do lots more road riding now that the bugs are gone and the heat is down. Finne is barefoot and has been his whole life and has beautiful feets (his farrier loves them!) but the roads can get pretty hard and rocky. I want to have a set of boots on hand to use and wanted some advice. Do people just use them on the front or on front and back? The boots I have read about are: Easyboots, Easyboot Epic, Boa Boots, Old Mac's Boots, Swiss Horse Boots, Marquis Hoof Boot. I'd love to hear from anyone who has used any of these successfully or unsuccessfully. We will not be doing endurance rides, climbing up and down rocky slopes or going on paved roads. We will be on hard packed dirt roads and hopefully trails in county parks. Thanks in advance for your advice. - -- Genie Dethloff Ann Arbor, Michigan
