Are any of your customers experiencing rubbing issues with the EasyGaiters? If so here are a few helpful ideas to pass on:
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Please feel free to contact us with any questions!
As I am sure you are aware, the EasyCare website has a ton of useful information. Some of the most helpful information are our educational videos. We have shot a number of videos covering everything from fitting to a movement demonstration. Check out the video below, it shows how to fit our most popular boot, the Easyboot Epic.
The Black Heritage Riders are going strong as Miles Dean and Sankofa along with Reggie Gough make their way on a journey riding horseback from New York to LA! Miles Dean, executive director of the New Jersey-based non-profit organization set out on a 6,000-mile trek from New York to California in September. The 58-year old elementary school teacher is on a mission to educate people about African-American contributions and achievements. Dean tries to average about 30 miles each day he is on the road and he hopes to reach California by February, which is Black History Month. Hoof Care Practitioner Carrie Christiansen of Browns Mills, NJ provided Miles horses with a good trim, boots and education on booting. Dean's horse sports Old Mac G2's in the front and Easyboot Epics behind, all with Comfort Pads. Check them out in action and click here to track their progress!
The year-end mileage results are in for the American Endurance Ride Conference. Three of the top ten riders used EasyCare hoof boots over their horse's bare feet (Easyboots, Epics, and Bares ) for the entire ride season. They are:
Karen Chaton and Granite Chief +/ (Arabian) 1370 miles 
Dave Rave and Lightening Strike (Arabian) 1120 miles
Terri Tinkman and Oliver Twist (Tennessee Walker) with 1120 miles (pictured)
The results can be found here.
Not only is this exciting because it is the first year that three barefoot and booted horses have made top ten, but there is a Tennessee Walker in the mix! In addition, the riders in our hoof boot contest completed over 19,000 sanctioned miles in boots in 2007alone.
After attending many consumer shows and talking to our dealers we know that there are still numerous people out there, in spite of our best efforts, that aren't convinced you can ride in hoof boots. Here is your ammunition! And yes, they work on gaited horses.
Congratulations Karen, Dave and Terri!
Laminitis Pain might originate from a different source according to Stacey Oke, DVM MSc. This article just in from the Horse.com . EasyCare has lots of options in hoof boots and Comfort Pads for horses in pain or in need of some extra support. Keeping a laminitic horse comfortable and walking, along with expert hoof and veterinary care is paramount for recovery. Seeing is believing; check out this clip sent to us by Hoof Care Practitioner, Sally Hugg of Oroville, California of a foundered clients horse before and after with EasyCare's Epics and Comfort Pads.
We have two photo albums that dealers are welcome to use. You may use the entire albums as a slideshow, or use individual photos. These albums were put together to show the great variety of things that can be done with EasyCare hoof boots. EasyCare boots have been used in so many ways - to help horses with hoof ailments, horses compete in endurance, policework, rodeo, barrel racing, hunter/jumper, parades, trail riding, driving and in many other equestrian activities.
The first album is "EasyCare Hoof Boots In Use". Click on the link to view the album. If you would like to download a zipped file of the album, click here .
The second album is "Easyboots In Action - Endurance Riding". Click on the link to view the album. If you would like to download a zipped file of the album, click here .
We have a LOT of new and great photos from the last year that need to be added to these albums. When we get them updated, we'll let you know. In the meantime, if you have a photo that you would like included please email it to Karen. Thanks!
Remember that the EasyCare website also has a media page for dealers. If you need images or charts and layouts of any of our products, you can find them here.
Soon after I purchased Miss Bear Cat (Kitty) 10 years ago as a Western Pleasure Show horse, she was diagnosed as having navicular syndrome, though x-rays showed no real damage. We went through all the typical pads, egg bars, bute but nothing seemed to change things much.
In time Kitty became my trail horse and we enjoyed our Sunday morning rides within the limits of her ability. She would weave left and right down hills, tread cautiously and slowly on hard ground. Eventually she would not stand to be shod in the back because of the difficulty bearing the weight on the front during the process. So Kitty became barefooted in the rear using Easyboots for trail riding.
I found great interest in reading the stories of barefoot horses and navicular syndrome on the EasyCare website and decided a few months ago to give Kitty one last chance to heal naturally. It has only been three months but Kitty has almost fully recovered. She stands squarely, does not point and will allow all of her legs to be held and trimmed.
In her Easyboot Epics front and rear we are off every week for a fast paced trail ride outpacing the horses she always trailed behind. I truly believe that she is passed any problem she has had and I know we will be back at the shows this fall.
Thank you Easyboots. Seeing her in no pain was worth all of the effort!
-Martin Todt
Bensalem, PA
Last month Western Horseman featured the Easyboot Epic in their Gear Guide section.
The Epic is one of our best selling and most popular boots. Here is more information on it from our website: The Easyboot Epic horse riding boot is ideal for the barefoot horse, aggressive conditions or for a horse who is difficult to keep booted. The attached Easyboot Gaiter provides extra protection to the hoof
as well as keeps excess dirt and debris from getting into the boot. It
also helps keep the boot on during extreme conditions such as mud,
snow, and water crossings. This is an excellent boot for long distance
riding!
9/25: Danielle is enjoying her trip immensely. Her 3 horses realized that they are not going home anytime soon and are more relax now. Her 
2 dogs are very happy to run and to be free. This month has been amazing for her. People are extremely nice and helpful. Maybe too much sometimes …. She slept on the front lawn of a hospital and enjoyed hospital food for breakfast and a warm shower. She slept in front of a monastery where monks took the vow of silence, she made sure her dogs were silent too. She had to cross barriers and rivers and roads and small freeways. She encountered a heavy rainstorm, and was lucky that 2 older men helped her to move her tent and all her stuff to the village’s barn and took cover there. One admirer tracked her down and offered her a pound of fine chocolate, offered by the chocolate master himself when he heard of Danielle’s journey. One lunch, she sat at a table of a small restaurant, and the whole village was there speaking with her. The restaurant owner invited her and gave all the leftovers for her dogs who were simply in dog heaven! Journalist are catching up with her, so more people are saying that they saw her in the local newspaper. She is now in the Lyon area, and continuing her journey towards Spain. The weather is still fairly good. Danielle is absolutely happy and one with herself as she was expecting to be.
Here is an update from Danielle.....
8/30: One month already or only? Beautiful full moon at night and now a rising sun with a veil of clouds. Another beautiful day. Assessment of this leg of the trip: 410K, barefoot mostly although some paths are not natural, made of broken rocks and stones. The other paths are not maintained. My prosthetic leg is broken, the pin is lost on the spare one which I replaced with wire. In the meantime I shipped back the broken one, which is the newer one, to be fixed. When it is fixed and when I'll have a shipping address again, they'll ship it to me. I have a new tent to replace the lost one. I lost it the day I broke my prosthetic because I was hoping on one leg and did not attached it well to the horse. I do not think I'll reach the Cathares castles, but the most important is that the horses, my dogs and I are continuing together, happy.
And a note from her Daughter...
8/30: Montbazon: While crossing a village today, a woman offered her her house to stay. But since it was only 3 PM, Danielle declined the offer and wanted to go on until at least 6 PM. The weather changed rapidly and Danielle changed her mind, and was hoping that maybe this lady had a teen ager who could also help her with her phone. She retraced her steps back to the village and tried to find her, unsuccessfully. Meanwhile an other family offered her their house.
Danielle accepted and went to their farm. She put the horses in a field and went to the barn to set up her bed. The hosts insisted on her staying in a bedroom, but Danielle refused. During dinner, one of the children went to the barn and set up a bed for her. Danielle was very surprised and very grateful to such hosts. Danielle put the epic boots on her mares who seems to enjoy them very much. The horse is finally accepting them. I guess he understood the benefit of them for such a long journey.
Below is an email and pictures that I received from a woman whose mother is living out one of her life long dreams! Check back, as I am hoping to get updates!
Danielle’s journey.
I am writing on behalf of my mother Danielle. She rides horses since a child. She is 61 years old. She has only one leg following an accident when she was 35 years old. She is now on a trip across France starting from Alsace, near Germany, and planning to go all the way to the Cathar country, Carcassone area, Spanish border, and back home. The trip will last about 9 months. She is traveling alone with her 3 horses and 2 dogs. The 2 mares are pregnant and one of them will deliver her foal in April, while still traveling, but almost back home. Her horses are barefoot for over 2 years now. She already went 500 km. But her horses, especially the male, were in pain to be barefoot. We rushed an order of Easyboot Epics to be delivered to an address nearby where she was camping. Since then the horses are going without complaints and seem to love the boots. She already did more than 100 km with the boots and counting. She sleeps outdoors, near lakes if possible. Has solar batteries for her cell phone and recharges her batteries for her camera on a base with a crank. As for her food supplies (animal and human), she carries 4 days worth and must make it to a village by then. So far so good. But on an earlier expedition, about 4 years ago, she starved and started eating what her dogs were bringing back, or what she found in the forest. This time she is trying not to let that happen again, and keep her routes close by villages when the 3rd day approaches. She is enjoying beautiful sceneries. Meeting wonderful people. And best of all she is enjoying herself. Now with the Easyboot Epics, her journey can only go easier.
Nadia
8/28: She is by a river "riviere de l'oignon", enjoying the good weather and the forest. One of her mare is wearing 4 boots epic. The male is still refusing to wear them, but it is just a matter of time.... Yesterday Danielle crossed a village and a woman offered her a room in her house because she heard of her and wanted to talk to her about this experience. But Danielle politely declined and went to set up camp in the forest. This experience is to be one with nature and prove to herself that she can do it. The local newspaper was looking for her but was not successful, maybe next time.... Danielle is trying to understand how to use her email with her cell phone. Once she'll be able to do that, she can email us photos and text directly that I will translate into English.
To be continued....
Nadia
We are in the process of producing dome shaped comfort pads that fit inside Easyboots, Epics, Bares and Grips. They have been in testing for quite some time, with some amazing results. Unlike our flat comfort pads, the dome pad lends more support to the inner frog and sole areas for horses that have sufficient concavity in the foot. (These pads are not for flat footed horses.) If a customer is in doubt about which pad to buy and you are unfamiliar with their various uses, you should continue to steer your customers to our flat comfort pads which are versatile for both riding and therapy. 
We currently have medium size dome pads in stock. They fit into the size 1 and 2 boots.
We will be getting large and small dome pads in the next eight to ten weeks. We are not currently making them for the Boa, Old Mac's or Soaker lines. For more information please give us a call at 1-800-447-8836.
Do you have feedback on any of our EasyCare hoof boots designs? Ideas to make a product better? Problems you are seeing or things that are working well for you? We would love to have your feedback, both pro and con. Feedback from our dealers and customers helps EasyCare to improve its products.
If you have feedback please click here.
Thank you for your continued support!
This story comes to us from Sally Hug a Hoof Care Practitioner, Dealer out in Oroville, California. Sally has some amazing stories and this is one of them!
The
donkey's name is "Rose" and she is owned by Anne Benoit of Paradise,
CA. Anne and her husband own a Christmas tree farm where people come
to cut their own tree. In addition to Rose, they have several other
donkeys and goats for the kids to pet and play with during the holiday
season when the tree farm is open.
Rose
has foundered at some point in her life, but gets along well with
regular hoof care. However, her real asset (no pun intended) is
participating in the annual "Donkey Derby" during the Paradise "Gold
Nugget Days" celebration of the discovery of the 54 pound "Dogtown
Nugget". Click here to learn about the event.
The
real challenge of the Donkey Derby is the obstacle course at the end
and I have been told that Rose is a pro at it. However, she needs
protection for her little hooves over the rocks and pavement on the
course- that's where the Epics come into the picture. With those EasyCare Epics on her feet, Rose should be a major contender next April!
Thanks again Sally for this great story. Stay tuned for more updates on Rose and how she does in the 2008 Donkey Derby!
EasyCare is currently working on its 2008 Calendar. Do you have, or know of someone who has, a cool picture for us to include? Just email it to us for consideration. We love seeing photos of our hoof boots in action!
Check out this fantastic sale (For EasyCare Dealers only) on our entire line of EasyCare hoof boots - now is the time to stock up on Boa Boots, EasySoakers, Easyboots, Epics, Bares, Grips and Old Mac's/Old Mac's G2! Sale ends July 31, 2007. Call us at 1-800-447-8836 with questions or for more information!
EasyCare was featured on the cover of three different magazines - in the same month! We have also printed a second addition of the EasyCare product catalog that has a photo from the same shoot as the cover of Trail Blazer. Boa Horse Boots were featured on the cover of Equestrian Retailer magazine. Inside the magazine is an article on hoof boots and many photos of EasyCare boots. Tack'nTogs has a great article about hoof boots and how the equine world has discovered the advantages of barefoot.
Our new comfort strap comes standard on the Easyboot Epic, Easyboot Bare and the Easyboot Grip. The comfort strap does not have metal teeth, is completely smooth against the hoof and has no sharp edges. Unlike the Easyboot shell, whose durability improves as it cures with age, the softer, more flexible material used in the backstraps can become cracked and brittle over time. Replace an old, cracked or torn comfort strap with a new, soft, pliable comfort strap anytime. No special tools (other than a screwdriver) required. Screws, washers and t-nuts included. Please specify Easyboot Bare or Easyboot Epic size when ordering. Not recommended for use in the Easyboot. If you are not currently carrying our boot accessories, you may want to check into it, your customers will thank you. All of our boots have replaceable parts, we don't make disposable products!
For the past few months 
EasyCare customers and dealers have been testing the Dome Pads, and providing us with great feedback on them. The pads have been very well received!
Good news! The New Dome Pads will soon be part of EasyCare's Comfort Pad product line! The pads will be available to our dealers very soon! Watch for further details!
Below you will find our End User Return Policy. This policy lets your customers know that we stand behind our products, and if they have any warranty issues they need to contact us directly. Please provide our toll free number (800-447-8836) and advise the customer to give us a call. Have your staff familiarize themselves with our policies.
Download return_policy_end_user.pdf
Customer wants their money back? Each retail store is encouraged to make their own Return Policy known to their customers. EasyCare's policy states that if you should decide to return the products they must be in new, unused condition, free of dirt and wear marks. Click on the link below for more information.
Download taking_care_of_customer_r_dealer_2.pdf
If you or any of your staff have questions about our products or policies, we are more than happy to provide answers!
Barrel racers love their Epics! Hoof Care Practitioner Johnny Holder sent
this to me last week
as a testament to the versatility of the Epics. Johnny writes, Here are the pictures of C.J. Holdren and her horse ‘Chuck’
at a Barrel Racers of Texas (BRAT) race held in Alvarado TX on April 22
2007. I pulled Chuck's shoes and fitted
him in EasyCare Epics about a month before this race. C.J. did her part by continuing to ride and
train while Chuck gained confidence in his new boots. This race was won by Kassie Mowery with a
time of 15.426 seconds (Kassie is a former NFR qualifier). C.J placed 5th in the 3rd division with a time
of 16.514
seconds. My wife Liz won 1st
in 3rd division with a time of 16.432 on her barefoot horse ‘Cranberry’. My trimming was well represented at this race
with 1 in the top 15 and two horses in the money. The pictures are as follows: #1 is C.J and Chuck
immediately after their run. #2 is a closer
view of boots immediately after their run. Hope you enjoy these pics. Talk to you soon. ~Johnny Holder 
Linda Cowles, another terrific Hoof Care Practitioner sent me these photos sent to her by Deb Buckler of her granddaughter, Kaiden Wilkinson at a race in Santa Ynez, CA.
Congratulations girls and thank you Linda and Johnny for these great stories! 
Debbie
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Hello everybody, I received this quick note from one of our dealers today. People are watching... Hi Debbie, Just a quick note. Sunday I was on a big ride (I actually don't like big rides because my horse gets too concerned about what everyone else is doing...), about 40 people. Myself and 2 others were using easyboots (Bares, Epics, some Old Macs) and during the course of the ride I think at least a dozen people came by to ask me about the boots, and with genuine interest. It was quite refreshing to talk to people and tell them why I think the boots are better than shoes. Being a farrier, maybe they value my opion more. Who knows, but maybe a few will give the boots a try. That's all! Jim Keip Keep up the great work Jim and thanks for the feedback! Debbie <\___~ // \\
During the month of May if you order 8 Easyboot Epics you get 2 Easyboot Epics free, or order 8 Easyboots and get 2 Easyboots free. It's your choice, but any way you cut it, it's a great deal. Make sure you stock up on our best selling boots for the busiest time of the year. Offer must be mentioned at time of order. Limit 10 free boots total. Epic special may not be combined with Easyboot special to get free boots. Offer expires May 31,2007
Duncan McLaughlin and Rachel Reid finished first and second at the "The Rock" 100-miler.
These were taken out on the final leg. Shar wore four Easyboot Bares the entire ride. Ginge wore two Easyboot Epics for the entire ride, four boots for the first 125km.
Duncan and Rachel crossed the line together as 1st place in a time of 10 hrs 33 mins. Ginge took out the Fittest Horse award. This was Rachel's first hundred miler! Congratulations Duncan and Rachel!
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