Choosing Mini Hoofware
Laura Osorio to MINIATURE HORSE DISCUSSION BARN from Facebook
We have been asked to take some of our Minis to a hospital for Halloween but the floors are not covered with rugs. We thought about making the visit outside but not all the kids can leave their rooms so we are considering other options.
Has anyone used shoes on their Minis and does it take to long for them to get used to them? And where can we purchase them? They are not available in Colombia.
Mindy Schroder- I love my Easyboot Minis and it took just a few steps for most of my minis to get used to them. Here’s a post I wrote after giving them a try.
For the past two months I’ve walked two of my mares about 4-5 times a week for exercise. In the beginning I noticed that Sky was wearing her toes off a bit on the gravel road. She was a little tender on the rocks and as her toe wore down more she was even more tender. I started looking into the Easyboot Mini Hoof Boot. I wasn’t sure about them. They looked so thick and heavy and awkward. Then a week or so after, I noticed that Bonnie was getting quite sore on the rocks. She is a trooper and would just keep on truckin’ but she was gimping along. I trimmed her up and knew that she wasn’t going to be able to go out on the rocks without boots so I started seriously looking into the Easyboot Mini Hoof Boots.
They came in the mail and after unpacking them I was quite impressed! They are tiny. The soles are quite thick, but they are not heavy. The uppers of the boot are very soft. They are very easy to put on and take off, yet they stayed in place perfectly on our walk with lots of trotting and Bonnie climbing around in the tall grass. The boots stayed on perfectly and they didn’t fill up with rocks or get cheat grass stuck in them.
After the initial awkward feeling of having something on her feet (she walked lifting her front legs up really high at first!). Her ears were up the entire time and she was licking and chewing and blowing out a lot. I could tell that she was very happy to be out and clearly the boots felt nice on her feet. We only walked 3 miles this morning… I will work her up to 4-6 miles while wearing the boots. Even their slight weight is more than she is used to. I don’t want to sore up her shoulders and back.
Now we’ve had these boots for two months and I can say that I still love them! Bonnie does great in them and we have put them through the WRINGER! We have climbed through sage brush, climbed a few big rocks and totally went 4 wheeling in them. The only thing we haven’t done is cross water! The boots have held up very well to the hardships I’ve put them through. The stitching is nice and tight and when we get home the only thing in the boot is Bonnie’s hoof!
This photo shows where the hoof sits in the boot. The bottom of my thumb is where the bottom of the hoof sits.
As you can tell, it sits down inside the boot a bit making the sole not as thick as it looks.