Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Ice in hooves

They are called snow pads :-).   Castle make them in Mass (along with other
manufacturers).  Also known as rim pads, but true snow pads have a rubber
tube built in to remain flexible.

There are also full pads with a special center to flex and keep ice/snow
from building up, but these have a tendancy to break on horses with deep
hooves.

We get a lot of snow up here in the frozen north.

Roy Drinnan
Nova Scotia   (Where summer is know as two weeks of poor skiing)

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maureen A. Fager
Sent: December 7, 2002 9:19 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Ice in hooves




"I think that you could spray WD40 inside the hooves will keep the ice from
balling up."

I tried that once--it was the worst!!  The ice stuck to the bottom of the
hoof, balled up faster and was more difficult to remove.  Don't use WD40 for
this, it does not work.

I have friends who use those rubber half pad things put on the hoof  when
the horse is shod, sorta like a pad, but made just for keeping snow out the
hoof.  They really like them and feel they work well.  Can't remember the
name of the pads though.

Cheers,
Maureen
Reno, NV
(Who doesn't worry about ice in the hooves anymore since I came back to
Nevada :-)




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