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| My horse must have boots on or he will overreach and pull a shoe in the pasture. He does not tolerate the no turn type. (He'll reach down and rip them off with his teeth!) I've been using Tough-1 ribbed boots and they're holding up fairly well. Just wondering if there is a boot out there that you would recommend. |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | You can use the rubber pull on bells, they are a pain in the booty to get on and off, but they stay on good. And no velcro to tear off for him.
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| The Back on Track bell boots are great IMO. The BOT bell boots have velcro but it's sooooo sticky and it connects with one large tab that my horses have not been able to get them off. |
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| BFN - 2018-03-03 2:06 PM
The Back on Track bell boots are great IMO. The BOT bell boots have velcro but it's sooooo sticky and it connects with one large tab that my horses have not been able to get them off.
Ditto |
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Location: Duvall, WA | I'm in the same boat, and just discovered some turnout bell boots by Horz. Not certain of the spelling. Mine would also tear all the others off with there teeth. These are big and soft and so far so good. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | I'd be questioning the farriers work. Horses shouldn't be over-reaching somethings out of balance.
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Location: Nebraska | cranky B4 10am - 2018-03-03 8:47 AM You can use the rubber pull on bells, they are a pain in the booty to get on and off, but they stay on good. And no velcro to tear off for him.
I use the pull on ones. Once you get the hang of it, they really aren't that bad to take on and off. I just leave mine on all the time unless I'm running barrels. Then they get the no turn bells |
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 Maine-iac
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I use the rubber bells with velcro. I had to put bar shoes on my horse after his surgery and he pulled them off within a week. I put on the rubber bells and (knock on wood) he has kept his shoes on through 3 shoeings. The boots have held up extremely well. Best $20 investment.! |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I use el-cheapo $15 range ones with velcro. I can't recall all the brands I have purchased. They last about 6 months, so not too shabby. I do remove them to ride, so I prefer the velcro kind. Me and the rubber ones do not get along. lol |
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Location: Roping pen | I agree that you might look at the shoeing job.
IMO, after 30+ years of shoeing, horses lose shoes due to:
Not rolling the heels in enough (IMO 2nd most common), too big of shoe, leaving any part of the quarter or toe of the shoe exposed, rasping off too much clinch or not clinching enough, to make the look pretty (IMO most common), using to small (or soft) of nails, sticky mud, or horse having part of hoof wall missing and not filling it in.
But, we did have a gelding one time that was always pulling off front shoes. Found out he was pawing the stock tank and catching them on the lip somehow. When we cleaned the tank, had several shoes in it. Stopped using that tank, end of problem.
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | Not all horses are purchased with perfect hooves. My farrier has to set the shoes wider to spread her heels, caused by previous ill-skilled farriers. They hang off the sides a little bit. Without bell boots, she'd step on the sides of the shoes. |
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