Easy boot Trail for horse with ringbone

[ljc]

I recently had a thread about my Welsh pony with newly diagnosed ring bone. Have decided to pull his front shoes (after trying so many different shoes and pads, etc) and see what happens. I want to have boots to put on him so I can take him for walks around the neighborhood and so forth. Most of my friends with barefoot horses use the easy boot trail and love them so I’m thinking of that route.

Question - do you always need to put pads in (at least at first) and if so, how do I choose which easy boot pad? His riding days are done so he won’t be doing trails (other than walking down a fire road off our property that is pretty soft).

I’d appreciate any tips. Am keeping fingers crossed pulling the shoes will help his ringbone. If not, guess I can always go back to shoes.

He’s 25 and has Cushings. He’s now on one gram of bute daily.

[AnonMoss]

The easyboot trails should be totally sufficient for what you want to do.

Didn’t work well for my boy in that they’d twist and come off, but he zoomed around a lot at the time and his feet length/width measurements are about equal, so they were apt to twist.

Trails have quite a thick, hard sole, so they should be sufficient without pads for your needs. If you do want pads for more even weight-distribution etc. personally I’d go with the firm thin ones, as they will hold up for longer (they wear out surprisingly quickly!), and I found the thick ones to interfere with fit too much. YMMV. Or, I’d go with thinline/poron pads for maximum concussion absorption.

Hope they work for your boy! Waiting on a pair of Explora Magic boots myself to explore down a spikey gravel with my senior laminitic/PSSM2 boy, may we all have more adventures. xD

[Posting_Trot]

The Easy Boot Trails should be fine, as long as they fit properly. You don’t want them to twist or rub, although if he’s just walking on more or less level ground, it’s less likely to happen anyway.

You could put a pad in if you want. I’d opt for the thinnest pad so that it doesn’t alter the fit too much. But you may find that the pad isn’t really necessary–the boots themselves provide a lot of concussion absorption.

[OzarksRider]

If the Trails don’t fit, look at the Cavallo Treks. They’re a very similar style but at least for my horse they fit better for a round hoof.

[kaya842]

I came to say the Trails are okay but the Cavallos seem to fit better (though fit in general is a individualized thing). The Cavallos also hold up better overtime IMO.