tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post4383703568569531198..comments2023-10-09T04:52:59.121-06:00Comments on Trails to Lead Old Cowboys Home Again: SundayCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-54225574087724730682013-07-22T20:12:26.329-06:002013-07-22T20:12:26.329-06:00I prefer the barefoot approach, but I also don'...I prefer the barefoot approach, but I also don't want him not able to move. I've gotten some more of the foam to fit inside his EB BC Trail boots, which helped with concussion last time. They fit loose around his pasterns and haven't caused any issues so far, but I can't ride him in the deep sand of the arena without them filling up. The EB Backcountry Trail boots are the gloves with the trail boot tops. I can order the glove tops and switch them out if I am so inclined, but so far I have removed several Prickly pear spines from the outside of the Trails, so I am happy I got those specifically for that reason. We have a lot of low lying prickly pear in Colorado, which is sometimes difficult to avoid if we are going through brush.<br /><br />I've been thinking a lot about what might be going on with him and I think it might be part hoof and part hip. The big muscle on his right hip, where he had the injury we've been rehabbing, was sore yesterday. He let me know that it was sore when I was grooming him. I'm thinking it's probably due to asking him to jump. When I first got him he couldn't step over cavalletti poles laying on the ground, because he couldn't lift his feet up that high, because he had no muscle to do so. For him to be so willing to jump over anything is an amazing feat, but I also think we are using his butt muscles in a way he's not accustomed to and it's made him a bit sore. Hopefully, we can get a good ride in tomorrow night and there will be no sore muscles and no sore feet.Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657955103086716631.post-30490150603329660512013-07-22T17:12:49.210-06:002013-07-22T17:12:49.210-06:00Oh that is discouraging, knowing they are sore for...Oh that is discouraging, knowing they are sore for some reason. No changes in feed?<br /><br />I have never been upset having a barefooted TB mare. The wet of Oregon can last long(making soles soft) and the plentiful grasses too. But overall, since they made the EB Glove in WIDE, I probably won't ever look back to shoeing her with "Easy walkers". Though if I did shoe, the E.W. or the "Epnonas" is the only choice for less concussion and leg health. Easy boot is reasearching a glue on...killer strength! That will be the next for us if they can manage Oregon's wet.<br /><br />I hope you may figure out the issue soon, for your gorgeous Ashke!<br /> I had a problem with the "E.B. Trails" very thin base and way too high for the pasterns. My mare got really bruised with them, unfortunately.allhorsestuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301081722884351021noreply@blogger.com