ok. i order 4 of the easyboot epics
according to the size chart. they arrived in good time. so far so good. but....
when i go to put them on one is missing a rivet that holds the buckle on the
boot. so i send it for repair. thinking i'm just unlucky to get one that is
defective. then i decide to put two boots on the rear of my mare - since i now
only had 3 boots i couldnt put one on each hoof. we are riding along. she
of course is traveling like a snail not liking the boots. but we keep
moving. we were on a public road. we are finally trotting at a somewhat
normal pace when she spies a large round bale of hay at the side
of the road, it was a horse eating monster of course. so we are traveling
as many steps sideways as forward when along comes a FedEx van up the hill
behind her. normally she doesnt give traffic a second thought but this truck
sneaked up on her because she was so intent on watching the hay. Now she hears
and catches sight of the truck, she leaps and hops. btw the truck
driver didnt seem to realize that most horse dont normally travel down the road
sideways and he just kept on coming. so after the excitement clears i notice
that the clop clop of her feet doesnt sound like galoshes! i look down and
only the gaiters are hanging on around her pasterns! no boots! i dismount and
begin to look. when i found them the 2 boots were stacked one atop the
other as if she had stepped on one foot with the other and was in the process of
moving the bottom one first.
so i ask everyone who uses the
boots. am i the only one havign trouble? and what is the sound the boots
make when everything is working properly? so now i'm down to one lonesome boot
of the original 4. cant do much conditioning with one boot. should i have to
sruggle to put these boots on for the fit to be correct? or can i simply open
them up and place them on the hoof?i let the horse snug there own foot into
them. is that wrong?the marks left byt he hoof inside the boot seem normal to
me. i'm a first time easyboot user.thanks
