EasyCare Customer Help Desk

Boa Boot fitting

Q. Does the Boa Boot fit horses with very round, circular shaped hooves?  I want to use on my thoroughbred, who have very round hooves.  It is ONLY to be used for turn out as a spare tire, when he has lost his regular shoe occasionally.  I am not going to ride in the boot.  Because I will only use for this purpose,  I want a boot that is EASY to apply, and that fits well, and stays on during turn out long days.

A.  The Boa Horse Boots  are a little longer than they are wide, so I would recommend measuring your horse's hooves.  If you could measure  right before and right after a trim you would see what kind of growth your horse's hooves have, and it will help you with deciding whether the boots are going to work  or not.  You will need to measure the widest part of the hoof from side to side, and the length, measuring from the toe to the buttress line.  The buttress line is the furthest weight bearing point of the heel. 

For what you are looking for, using the boot for a spare tire during turnout, you may want to look at the Easyboot Epic.  The Boa Horse Boot may be the easiest of the boots to apply, but they are sold in pairs.  The Easyboot Epic is sold per boot.  The Boa boots come up to the hairline, whereas all the hard parts of the Epic are below the hairline, eliminating any chance of rubbing or chaffing while your horse is turned out for the day. 

Please remember that with any of our boots, we recommend taking the boot off at least every 24 hours to ensure that everything is okay and to clean out any debris.

Epics and Comfort Pads Testimonial

What a great story!

I thought you might be interested to receive some feedback as we have now purchased and are using some Easy Boot Epics with the comfort pad insoles.

They completely transformed her from very foot sore and weary back into to her old self again.

She is a very playful Pony full of life but we hadn’t seen that for over a year as she struggled with her problems.

They have stayed on despite her new found youth and have shown no signs of rubbing at all. She stays in a stable at night with rubber cushion floor and has her boots on before she goes out in the morning. We did find them very easy to put on at first although she is now becoming so excited to go out that getting her to stand still is a bit of a challenge!!

We could not believe just how much your boots transformed her and how good they are. We will certainly be using them for our other Horses and we are definitely converts. It is hard to believe how we got by without them for so long before!

I am sure you have heard many such stories before but we felt we should let you know what an incredible difference your boots have made to her and how much we appreciate that. We have been through many months of despair to see her suffering and it is so pleasing to see that sparkle back again.

Many thanks.

Easyboot pricing

Question: I want to buy Easyboots Epic for my horse. The price of 60$ is for 1 shoe or 2 shoes... It is not clear for me. Thanks to answer quickly.  city/state/zip: 1180 BRUSSELS

Answer: The price for the Easyboot Epics, as well as the Easyboot, Easyboot Bare and the EasySoaker  is per boot (shoe).    The Boa Horse Boots and the Old Mac's Horse Boots are all sold in pairs (2 boots/shoes).

Please note that we have dealers and distributors all over the world that carry our products.   By purchasing from a company in your country or nearby you can save on costs such as duties, taxes or customs that are not covered in our costs. 

For dealers or distributors near you please email me at [email protected].  I will give you a list of companies to contact for dealer information.

NEED A GOOD STORY?

At EasyCare we love to hear your stories. We received this one about a year 1/2 ago, and it's always been one of my favorites.

Upon coming home from work, my husband, Ed, and I found Lumpy (13 year old Quarter Horse gelding) laying out in the middle of our dry lot.  Actually these days it's more of an ice lot, like a frozen lake.  At first it looked like he was just snoozing.  But upon closer look, that was not the case!

I don't know how long he'd been down, but it looked like at least a couple of hours.  The ice under him was melting and he was soaked to the skin and shivering like crazy.  He seemed uncomfortable, changing positions from laying upright to flat down on his side.  He struggled once to stand when we went out to him, then fell right back down, whopping his head on the ground and giving himself a bloody nose.  He gave up struggling after that and was calm while we worked around him.

Ed suggested hooking ropes onto him and dragging him out into the tall grass in the pasture, but I thought the tractor would probably scare him and make him struggle more.  On to plan B!  Luckily we had two 5-gallon pails of ice melt, so we sprinkled that all around him and I put Easy Boots on his front feet for some traction and we hooked a rope onto his halter.  The Easy Boots were for another horse and much to large for him, but they managed to stay on long enough.

By this time, he was tired and giving up.  He'd lay down on his side and stay there.  We listened for a while to the cracking and popping of the ice melt as it worked.  It was probably only a few minutes, but seemed like hours!  Then Ed pulled the halter rope tight and kept pressure on his head and I had to yell at him and smack him to get him to try again.  With the combo of the boots, the ice melt, and being able to brace against the halter rope he was able to stand.  Whew!  Big sigh of relief.  Then came the treacherous trip back across the ice to the barn.

We had him just stand still for a couple minutes so his muscles could start working again and I had a chance to examine him for injuries.  He had a tiny cut on one leg and the bloody nose, but nothing else that I could see.  He was so tired and cold, he was quivering.  We then led him half a step at a time out into the pasture.  Step - stop and rest - step - stop and rest, etc.  It was a long trip to the pasture.  Once out in the tall grass, he was able to walk.  We walked him around a bit to get him warmed up and get the muscles working again.  When he seemed to be moving normally again (but still shivering), we took him out through the pasture back to the barn.  I dried him off as much as I could with towels and then put a quilted blanket on him.  I stayed with him for about half hour until he stopped shivering.  He was eating and drinking.  Always a good sign!  I checked on him every hour through the evening and he always seemed okay.

He seemed fine the next morning and I've been watching him closely ever since for signs of a cold or pneumonia.  That was two weeks ago and he's doing okay.  I wonder if he had fallen early in the morning and lain there all day, might he have been dead when we got home?  Horses aren't built to lie down for any length of time.  I've heard stories of horses cast in their stalls being dead by morning.  On the cold ice, it would have made it even worse.  Quite an ordeal for the poor guy, but he seems perfectly fine.

So, if you ever have a horse down on the ice, now you'll know what to do!  Easy Boots and ice melt!  In the back of my mind, as a last resort, I was thinking we could call the vet to have him tranquilized and then use the tractor to pull him out to the pasture.

Easyboot Template

Here's a new way to measure for boots.

Visit Karen Chaton's blog from our EasyCare website under "cool stuff", "blogs", "endurance musings". (Scroll down to the Easyboot Template)

or try this link Download Easyboot-template.pdf

Clinton Anderson talks about Boa Boots and EasySoakers

Really Good Article

Here is a link to a really good article on hoof boots.

Navicular?

Does your horse suffer from navicular? Read Dr. Tom Teskey's newest article for some encouraging information.

Simple Application?

Question:    We own a dude ranch and do a couple of trail rides a week. When we are not doing a trail, we have a horse program where we are riding several horses a day. Our problem is rocks and the expense of horseshoes. We were hoping to go to the easyboot as a alternative, but I see that simple application does not apply to these boots. How practical would it be to use these boots on 5 to 7 horses a day.

Answer:    As with anything that we are not used to it takes longer at first, but from what we hear from people that use them on a regular basis, after a bit, it only takes a couple minutes more to add boots to the routine of getting your horse ready for a ride.  If you can visit our website at www.easycareinc.com we have videos for each boot that shows how to apply them. That may help to answer your question also.

CURRENT NEWS

 The52nd Annual Tevis Cup

In celebration of this Epic event Easyboot Epics will be priced at $52.00 each.

This sale price is being offered for website orders only and is good Fri. 8/4/06 through Sun. 8/6/06.

Best of luck to all the riders!!

Got BARES?

The Easyboot Bare is the newest edition to the EasyCare line of horse boots. With so many folks transitioning their horses to barefoot this boot is rapidly gaining popularity.

As with anything new, there are lots of questions....if you have some, try this link to Karen Chaton's Blog. She has been doing lots of testing with this boot and provides some very helpful information.