Team Easyboot

Team Easyboot 25% Discount

Team Easyboot Members are now eligible for a 25% discount off MSRP on all EasyCare products.  It's our way to thank you for the support, feedback and testing.  In addition it helps get each Team Easyboot member into our new hoof boot line and spread the word. 

The new Team Easyboot discount is available to Team Easyboot Members only and is effective February 1st, 2009.  The discount will run for the 2009 calender year.  Please reserve discounted orders to Team Member use only.  The 2009 products will be available in a couple weeks.  More info on the new products can be found at www.hoofbootnews.com.

In addition to the Team Easyboot discount you will still be involved with new product testing and feedback.  More 2009 Team Easyboot updates and changes will be available soon. 

Thanks again for the help and being an EasyCare ambassador.

Garrett Ford

Preventing Coronet Band/Periople Rubbing

I just wanted to let folks know that I have tried a few different ways to stop the coronet band/periople rubbing and feel I have solved the problem. I came up with just raising the hoof up in the boot so the taper couldn't make contact with the coronet band/periople area. I used a leather horse shoer pad that is about a 1/8 inch thick and it worked well (refer to my Team blog dating Oct 1, 2008,it shows a photo). I also tried combining it with a 6mm pad but that made it too thick and I couldn't get the hoof in the boot. What I am doing at this time as a experiment is using new Dome pads, which I normal don't use in the hind boots.But I know I need to keep checking them and watching for thinning and tearing of the pad at the heel buttress area, which will lower the hoof in the boot. I don't expect the pads to last very long due to how quickly my horse wears through them. But because of the suggestion from my friend and EasyCare dealer, Pam Beall, on using the Domes, I had to give it a try. >I just read my past blogs and saw that the Domes failed and I had some rubbing.

Which brings me back to the leather pads. Using them seems like they will be a long term fix for this rubbing problem. And because of my trails surfaces varying so much and I pick the best tread for that days ride. I needed something that I could easily transfer over to another boot/tread style.

I guess I should mention that the rubbing has occured from different reasons, sometimes from the boots twisting but not always. When it first started I went to a smaller sized boots and also made sure I had them on really tight. But with my riding area being so difficult with a wide variety of trail surfaces, we have had more then the normal amount of booting challenges.

But now Garrett has developed a whole new line of boots, all having a lower profile. So that should eliminate any rubbing from happening. I have been closely watching and reading all of Garrett's updates on the new Edges and Gloves. And can't wait to try them out. I even like the tread he has picked out for them and am excited to test it out on my trails.

Anyway

I hope this info helps! You can also refer to my other past blogs on this subject, their dates are Sept 10,08 and May 28,08.

Martha Nicholas

Buckley,Wash

Gloves and Socks at DVE

I got to test the new Gloves at Death Valley. Used them for three days on the front feet of my mare (Garrett did not have the size she needed for the hinds yet. DVE has rock and sand and even ice. I love the new tread and had no slippage issues (just a tad on some of the ice, but nothing short of studs will help there, LOL, and less slippage than with the other boots or shoes..). There was little to NO sand in the boots (some washes were past the pasterns for a good while). The boots are REAL easy to put on (nice at 5am, LOL) and stay on. Only one slight concern is a screw in the back of the boot holding the gaiter on...my low-heeled mare showed potential to rub her bulbs on it, but already talked to G about it and that will be addressed. Of course I still have a gaiter-challenged horse (gets those dime rubs on the pasterns), But G is making new gaiters from a whole new material that I am eager to test...
Until that time, I also got to test a set of Todd's pastern "socks"...I LOVE them...no sand got in them, no rubbing from them, AND it STOPPED the gaiter rubbing! 155miles and not a hair lifted..I LOVE these... A bit of a learning curve to get them on (so they'll fit nice and tight), but once I figured out a good way, it was 2 socks and 4 boots on in less than 5 minutes in the morning...LOVE it...
   Nat