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I did more of a review and writeup on using the Renegade glue-ons and
posted with photos in my blog

here.   

I also took and posted

some photos of Chief's hooves after the front Renegade glue-on boots
were removed on his front feet after nearly three weeks in the boots, and
photos showing

how the boots themselves faired.

Yesterday I removed Chief's hind glue on Renegade boots.  They were
on for eleven days and everything looked good so I think that probably
the optimum amount of time to leave a glued on boot on your horse is
going to be up to ten days.  

You'll see in some of the above photos why I wasn't real happy with the
results of leaving them on for three weeks, but YMMV, and every situation
is different so it may work better for others and in either case it
shouldn't be a problem but the hooves will grow and won't be able to self
wear.  It is real important to have a really clean hoof prior to
gluing so thrush doesn't develop.  

I remember when I was competing quite a bit on Rocky while he was shod
and he had to be reshod every three or four weeks.  Four was the max
time he could go, so I'm really not learning anything new - my horses all
do best with more frequent hoof care especially when they are competing
frequently and getting a lot of work.  

The glue ons are a great choice for certain situations but certainly not
something that I personally want to be using often.  They have me a
little concerned about the long term health of my horses hooves - so for
now I'll use them for special situations like multidays on the same horse
(two or more days) or for one day 100's.  I have been having such
good luck with the regular Renegade strap ons that to really justify the
extra effort of prep, application and removal of the glue-ons it's not
really working out to be easier.    

Karen
http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog