Double locking boot help

[Ready_To_Riot]

I just bought a pair of boots that are “double locking” so one strap stretches back and the other lays on top of it going the opposite direction… this is hard to actually explain. I hope it makes sense. Anyway, I know regular boots the straps face going back, well on these the first strap would make sense in my head to face back since that’s the part with elastic and actually tightens and holds the boot in place, but that would the leave the "double locking strap facing forward, which just looks wrong. How do they go?!

Here are the boots in question. Of course I can’t find them on a horse :

http://www.bitofbritain.com/Weatherbeeta-Molded-Galloping-Boots-p/0717-0718.htm

[TotB]

The double lock strap faces forward, letting you tighten the boot in the normal fashion

[Ready_To_Riot]

Thanks! Trust looks “off”! Lol

[TotB]

Lol lol most definitely looks off but your first instinct was right!

[EventerAJ]

In general, the first strap of any boot should “pull against” the cannon bone, not the tendons. The second strap is just for security, it doesn’t matter that it “looks backwards” to be facing forward. This is how Woof boot styles are designed.

However, pay close attention to how this boot shape is designed and you’ll notice that it really should only go on “the backwards way” to fit properly around the fetlock. I can’t tell exactly which strap is which from the BOB photo; in my limited experience with those molded boots, the “overhang” plastic ankle guard should wrap around the back of the fetlock to protect from overreaching. It appears to do this, the first elastic strap will be pulled from back to front (pulling across the tendons rather than the cannons). I don’t feel comfortable with that design and probably would steer away from this type of boot, personally. Other plastic molded boots don’t have the “wrap around” piece at the fetlock, and as such don’t have a definite L or R, so you can put them on whichever way you prefer.

Image of those boots on an actual horse: http://www.fourstarbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Galloping-Boots-Hinds.jpg

[Ready_To_Riot]

EventerAJ, minevdkng have a wrap around, that’s what was making it so hard to tell how they went. You say you don’t like the wrap around because you use them interchangeably, but isn’t there only one correct way to put on boots? The pull to tighten towards the back way? Do people do it the other way?

[EventerAJ]

venterAJ, minevdkng have a wrap around, that’s what was making it so hard to tell how they went. You say you don’t like the wrap around because you use them interchangeably, but isn’t there only one correct way to put on boots? The pull to tighten towards the back way? Do people do it the other way?

This type of molded boot, without the added lower fetlock patch, can be applied properly with the elastic strap across the cannon:
http://www.cheshirehorse.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/c/e/centaurmoldedpvcgallopboot.jpg

I suppose you could also put it on “backwards” as there is no clear right or left.

Look at the photo from my earlier post. The boots with the added “wraparound” lower fetlock patch are poorly designed, made to be fastened with the first (elastic) strap pulling from back to front around the tendons. That’s why I don’t use them. I don’t really like the molded PVC boots in general, as they tend to cause rubs in sandy footing, but that’s not to the point on how to apply them.

[Ready_To_Riot]

Oh okay!! We were referring to the same type of wrap around. I thought you meant the fetlock piece making an “L” like shape wrapping around the back of the fetlock. I had some that did that. Woof boots maybe? They were a hard plastic though.

Do all boots not essentially pull from back to front? I don’t have a vast knowledge of boots, but all the ones I picture work the same way as this boot. Feel free to quit answering my million questions, but I do appreciate the knowledge!

[Ready_To_Riot]

Actually, after looking at the picture again, that is not how I put the boots on. In my eyes, those are on the wrong legs. That’s why I made this post. I was confused because instead of the fastened outer strap facing back, they, if put on correctly, would be facing the front. My instincts were confirmed by the above posters

[lucegoose]

I had those boots. The strap design is not good. I don’t know what kind of horse they used for sizing but there was always flapping pieces that had to be trimmed, and then the elastic part stretched so all the straps were just too long and floppy.

I have a set of Woof boots that look similar but have none of the same issues.

[Ready_To_Riot]

[QUOTE=lucegoose;8968458]
I had those boots. The strap design is not good. I don’t know what kind of horse they used for sizing but there was always flapping pieces that had to be trimmed, and then the elastic part stretched so all the straps were just too long and floppy.

I have a set of Woof boots that look similar but have none of the same issues.[/QUOTE]

After reading reviews, that’s seems to be what most say, but I basically got paid to get them since we just got a Dover and they had a deal. I needed a boot to do gallops in, so I figured for the price, I couldn’t go wrong.

[tbchick84]

I have those boots. They are my favorite because they never twist or slip. It does look funny with the outer strap facing front, but that is correct.

[CupcakeTough]

For the record, you’re not the only one to have this problem. I taught the husband that the strap points to the back… then handed him double-lock boots one day. He had the same problem, “they just look wrong!” And of course, I had to endure, “but YOU told me the strap always points back!”

[Ready_To_Riot]

[QUOTE=CupcakeTough;8968529]
For the record, you’re not the only one to have this problem. I taught the husband that the strap points to the back… then handed him double-lock boots one day. He had the same problem, “they just look wrong!” And of course, I had to endure, “but YOU told me the strap always points back!”[/QUOTE]

Well he has a point! Teach him why and he will understand. I like the boots that have regular straps and then the strap that does down to “lock” them.
Like these : http://www.centerlinestyle.com/horze-spirit-tendon-boots/?gclid=CJfr7c7c6tACFUI6gQodSbUAQg

[SecondInCommand]

[QUOTE=Ready To Riot;8968432]
Actually, after looking at the picture again, that is not how I put the boots on. In my eyes, those are on the wrong legs. That’s why I made this post. I was confused because instead of the fastened outer strap facing back, they, if put on correctly, would be facing the front. My instincts were confirmed by the above posters[/QUOTE]

I agree! It’s hard to tell from the lighting, but in that photo it looks like the ‘fastening’ strap is forward, and the ‘locking’ strap is back. Which is the inverse of what it should be.

I find with Woof boots it’s especially obvious which leg the double lock goes on in, as they’re only ergonomic on the correct leg.

With Woof double locking boots the instructions on the tag are consistent with your thinking - fastening strap goes on in the ‘normal’ direction, and then the locking strap goes on from back to front.

[Blugal]

I don’t totally subscribe to the idea that you should pull around the cannon bone and not pull the tendons. In the end, there should be even pressure and no pulling. There are after all sensitive tissues on the front of the cannon too, and over-pulling or tightening is not good no matter where you do it.

I wasn’t going to respond to this thread since I usually don’t have the “boot du jour” but when I clicked the link I realized I do have these boots (knock-offs sold by Greenhawk). I’ve used them a lot because they are durable. I hate the way it looks if the last straps aren’t facing backwards, and honestly since you are pulling the elastic over top of a fairly rigid boot, I don’t think it makes any difference which direction you put them on. I’ve used these on lots of various horses, schooling and competition, from green up to Intermediate HT with no issues, except I don’t use them on really sensitive legs since the bottoms can get rough and rigid.

[Ready_To_Riot]

[QUOTE=Blugal;8983153]
I don’t totally subscribe to the idea that you should pull around the cannon bone and not pull the tendons. In the end, there should be even pressure and no pulling. There are after all sensitive tissues on the front of the cannon too, and over-pulling or tightening is not good no matter where you do it.

I wasn’t going to respond to this thread since I usually don’t have the “boot du jour” but when I clicked the link I realized I do have these boots (knock-offs sold by Greenhawk). I’ve used them a lot because they are durable. I hate the way it looks if the last straps aren’t facing backwards, and honestly since you are pulling the elastic over top of a fairly rigid boot, I don’t think it makes any difference which direction you put them on. I’ve used these on lots of various horses, schooling and competition, from green up to Intermediate HT with no issues, except I don’t use them on really sensitive legs since the bottoms can get rough and rigid.[/QUOTE]

So you use them with the end product looking like a regular boot with the strap facing back?

Thank you for taking the time to chime in!!! They seem to be holding up well for me and my pony!

[Blugal]

Yes, I’ve been using them with the straps facing the back, on various horses, since around 2005.