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My experience is that when the gaiters are new they are tight.  When I 
first put Dino's 00 Bares on, I could barely get the gaiter around his 
pastern.  Well, it turned out I didn't really have the boot all the way 
on.  Once I got that figured out, there was enough gaiter.  I've now 
used those boots quite a bit and can now overlap the velcro on the 
gaitor so much that I can't quite get it fastened as tight as I'd like. 
 And Dino has big bones and a hefty pastern.
If you've got an 0 gaiter, try putting it on the 00.  If the holes line 
up it might work.  I'm guessing that the gaiter won't fit snugly behind 
the heel of the boot which might let junk get in there.
Laney

Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:
> My pone has a flat tyre at the moment (farrier due in the
> morning), so I tried him out in an EZ boot on Sunday. Since
> the foot was a little torn up, I was able to smoosh him into
> a "00" boot, but the gaiter didn't seem big enough around
> the back of his foot.
>
> (I tried him in an "0" boot, but don't have one with a gaiter,
> and it came off after about five laps on the lunge).
>
> At the end of a two-hour walking ride, the "00" boot stayed
> on fine and the heel strap didn't seem to be causing a
> problem, but he definitely had rub marks on the backs of
> his heel bulbs from the pressure of the too-tight gaiter.
>
> I can't wrap his foot, since that would be the equivalent
> of putting thick socks on to make an already-tight shoe
> fit, but wondered if I could retrofit the "00" boot with
> a larger "0" gaiter? Is this possible, or would I just end
> up with a big gap around the bottom at the back?
>
> ...Just pondering on potential spare tyres for the future.
>
> Thx
>
>
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