The glue-ons are still a major challenge in wet environments. After that, most of them can be comfortably turned out barefoot. I still prefer the hoof casts or Rx boots/pads for laminitis, but for “navicular horses” and any horse that is too weak in the back of the foot to impact heel first, I am using dental impression material and the glue-on boot for 1-2 trim cycles. But so far not one single gaiter has failed and none of the boots have come off or turned on the foot.Īs for the glue-ons they continue to be an incredible tool for turnout. How long will the gaiters last? I just haven’t had them long enough to know how they will hold up over time. The only question left in my mind is long-term durability. So I’ve finally become convinced these are “The It”. They really are harder to spin on the foot than anything I’ve ever used, but I still find myself surprised every time. Where’s the buckle?” Then time after time, it just works. Every horse owner says, “That will never work. I hoped, but never really thought that a boot could be so easy to put on, so light, so compact…. She was begging me to come fit her horse in the Gloves, but I was all out of Quarter Horse sizes (I need more soon!). In fact I got a late night call from another owner that was attending the clinic. I assumed I would have to use Grips, but the Gloves were actually harder to turn on the foot than the buckled Grip/Epic! So I sent them on their way with the Gloves and they performed flawlessly. We just pulled the shoes on that horse 3 weeks ago and the hooves are still very high heeled and contracted. Last week I was working at the Auburn vet school and a resident podiatry professor was sending her son to a 3 day roping clinic. You’ll still have to market them for naturally shaped hooves, but I have had surprising success with flared hooves too. I’ve tried them on a variety of hooves, and so far they seem perfect- I mean PERFECT. I think we owe Ivy a pat on the back, because you and I would have probably made the boot more complicated if she hadn’t been there to keep pulling us back to the “simple, stretchy, compact design”. The Glove is the elusive “21 st Century Horseshoe” I’ve dreamed about for so long. Pete and Ivy Ramey talk about their involvement and success with the Easyboot Glove and Easyboot Glue On.
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