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Fwd: RC: Easyboot alarms

In a message dated 1/3/00 3:34:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jdowis@foothill.net writes:

<< 
 I used an Easyboot with a strap around the pastern on a hind foot one day on 
my usually very calm-natured endurance horse.  We had ridden for two or three 
hours on trail with the boot on.  It came off while we were on pavement - I 
don't know how, and t >>

This is why it is best to try these things at home in a safe place.  I'm glad 
you weren't hurt.  Riding on pavement is horrendous at the best of times.

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Hi, all --
 
I used an Easyboot with a strap around the pastern on a hind foot one day on my usually very calm-natured endurance horse.  We had ridden for two or three hours on trail with the boot on.  It came off while we were on pavement - I don't know how, and the first clue there was something wrong was when my horse totally freaked out and became a kicking fool.  Somehow, I stayed on during the entire circus, with him kicking and spinning and sliding on the pavement - it was frantic and furious.  When my horse finally stopped, my friend who was with me said the Easyboot had come off, and my horse had freaked out with the boot strapped to his foot.  He didn't stop until the rubber strip in the back of the Easyboot broke and the boot flew off.
 
After this experience, I have never tried to use a strap around the fetlock again.
 
Joan Dowis
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