Soaking Boots and dressage show

2008-09-16 Thread beth gerst
This message is from: beth gerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, Hi Valerie, Glad to hear you are doing good with the surgery!! I actually go the real cheap way when soaking for the elusive abcess or whatever else is ailing the hooves!! I bought a small size rubber feeder (you know the bla

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2008-09-15 Thread Genie Dethloff
This message is from: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Valerie, Glad you have help, the last hoof abscess I had to soak and wrap on my own really messed up my knees and back. Good luck, abscesses can be so frustrating to deal with fr horse and human alike. I have used the Davis boot b

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2008-09-15 Thread kateseidel
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe had an abscess in his back hoof earlier this year, and seems to be developing one now in a front hoof.? I've never used a soaking boot - he's fairly content to stand with his foot in a bucket for 30 minutes twice a day. Kate Important FjordHorse List

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2008-09-15 Thread Martie Bolinski
This message is from: Martie Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually, we had an abcess on John's big Walking Horse mare some years back and the vet cut up an old innertube. You put the foot in partway pour in the soak, fold up the excess and tape with duct tape. Easy on and easy off and holds

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2008-09-15 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Easy Care soaking boot is a good one, and I liked it better than the Davis. On 9/15/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My Fjord mare has an abscess for the first time. I have an

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2008-09-15 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have the DAVIS. Get them WAY too bigand you will still hate them. Google "soaking boot" and substitute, or emergency. My vet uses heavy duty plastic bags, taped on. I saw, somewhere, a recommendation for making a soaking boot that s

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2008-09-15 Thread brass-ring-farm
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Fjord mare has an abscess for the first time. I have an old Sabre Sneaker, but of course her foot is too big for it. Maybe we'll get through this time with the bucket and the bandaging but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a soaking boot? I