But then how are you putting the wraps on? How would you ever doctor a leg? How do you clean feet, how does the horse get trimmed/shod?
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Studies have shown that it makes no difference which way the wrap goes. So long as it’s even and not too tight.
For shipping boot I use Lende’s or similar knee to bottom of hoof (almost).
White polos are flashy. Their name comes from their use in polo., obviously.
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MILD compression.
I was taught to pull on the polo when wrapping only against bone, never on tendon & be able to slip a finger in the tendon side when wrapped.
If tight on your finger, you had to rewrap.
@sascha Unwrapping by folding the Velcro* back on itself, then roll off horse’s leg same as when wrapping. You end up with a rolled polo, Velcro innermost & tuck ends into the roll to hold.
This (sloppily-wrapped 
):
*In the Olden Days, pre-velcro, you’d fold the ties in first as you unwrapped.
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Um, yes?? Did you mean to @ me or did you mean to @ someone who didn’t get the re-rolling while unwrapping from the leg?
All those things get done by being around the horse’s legs for the amount of time necessary, but not any additional time.
After a lifetime around horses, I have recognized that it’s easy enough to get hurt even when you’re doing everything in the safest possible way. Much less dawdling around the legs in a vulnerable position.
If anyone can post a video of a way to roll the wrap while taking it off faster than this, I would love to see it.
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Yes, for sure! But that level of compression doesn’t have therapeutic benefits to the leg, that’s what I meant.
Sure, I don’t want to be squatting down there any longer than necessary, it’s a compromising position. But some things take a good while to accomplish, and it doesn’t take any longer to re-roll a polo to take it off, than it did to put it on, and it may be even less time since you’re not having to pull (against the bone) and then wrap around the tendon. And you could do that standing up and bent over. I just don’t consider it an unsafe amount of time, if that horse is safe to have his legs wrapped in the first place
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I personally like the look of white polos. Is it easier to use boots? Yes, but there is something clean about the look of well wrapped white polos. Plus they look flashy.
I use boots most of the time, but with my little grey horse that got rubs from actual sheepskin (don’t ask because honestly I have no idea how), his polos didn’t rub so I have a bunch of sets from him that i used for flatting and jumping when it wasn’t wet. I think they look spiffy and honestly it was for knocking legs.
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Well it can certainly be done in a lot safer and smarter position, that’s for sure!
And we’re not talking about just speed of removal, but speed of removal + re-rolling. If they’re going into the laundry, I absolutely whip them off like in the video, but from a smarter position. A position where I can see what any errant legs may do (although there shouldn’t be any errant legs) and pressed up against the horse’s shoulder to mitigate, reduced an shenanigans that may occur (although there should be any shenanigans.)
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Agreed.
Not a ton of benefit, but warmth & a modicum of tendon support.
Like when legwarmers were a Thing for aerobics😎
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I had a former “A” level pony clubber and instructor tell me recently that polos provided support. I had to refrain from busting out laughing.
For some reason, I love rerolling polo wraps.
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That’s my problem with rolling on removal, the risk of tension.
I like to re-roll supper tight, and can’t do that as it comes off a leg.
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Yep, that’s how you unwrap
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I don’t do polos. But I do hoof boots, I pick feet I apply iodine or thrush meds, I soak hooves for abscess, and I have been known to rasp and even use hoof nippers. On my horse I trust her to co operate but I am still very cautious in where I stand because you never know when a tree branch will fall or another horse go zoomie and cause a chain reaction spook.
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I was staying out of the way of the person taking the video. 
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Of course. That should always come before the safety you’re so worried about! Heaven forbid the person taking the video find a different angle. 
Unnecessary snark, much? MHM went out of their way to take the video. I also use that method, because a. I like to inspect for cleanliness and b. I reroll very tightly, and I would not do that against the leg. I can reroll ultra-fast against my thigh.
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No. Talk about how it’s safer to do it quickly and then show a video that shows you doing it in a less safe position deserves the snark (and humour) it gets. “It’s SAFER!” [puts self in unsafe position to demonstrate the speed of safer] 
What made me laugh about the video is that if I even tried to go that fast I would be spending lots of time chasing after the darn wrap as it rolled across the floor, likely going under the horse.
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I was taught many years ago that the reason for white polos is that it’s easier to see any unevenness in the gaits.
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