2007-01-09 22:43:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I ALWAYS USE BANDAGES AND UNDER PADS ON ALL OF MINE
2007-01-09 23:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Maley 3 · 0⤊ 10⤋
Yes, horses should always be protected in the trailer, even on short trips. You don't have to go buy expensive shipping boots, however, polo wraps work just fine. I use quilted pillows that extend from the coronet to the knee, and then secure them with polo or track bandages. This gives great support and padding, while not constricting movement and keeping the horse comfortable.
Horses are designed to travel - on their own four feet, however, and not in a trailer. Its foreign to them to try to remain balanced while the ground moves and they stand still. This is taxing, especially on slant load trailers where the trailer is moving side-to-side and they are slanted, making the stress that much more uneven on their legs. Not to mention the fact that they are slanted the same way all of the time.
Another advantage to shipping boots is they protect the legs while loading and unloading. It cushions them if they hit their legs on the trailer floor or paw while they're traveling.
Get your horses used to leg protection before you travel. Its a good idea use them while riding, anyways. However, most people use only front leg wraps, so rear leg wraps take some getting used to.
Its a small inconveinence to wrap lets considering how much protection you're giving your horse.
2007-01-10 04:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by reblcwgrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a well educated and well behaved horse, I use floating/travelling boots all the time, but on horses that are not used to wearing leg protection, not used to travelling, or not used to being handled in general, I DO NOT!
Putting boots on a horse that isn't used to anything on their legs, is more of a hindrance than a help. The horse will react with fear, thinking a predator or something has grabbed them, and they will kick or trash until they get it off. If you or the float/truck gets in the way of a panicking horse... the results can be very, very bad.
You need to be careful when using bandages or applying float/travel boots that they do not restrict the horse's movement at all. While towing the float/trailer or driving the truck, if you have to brake suddenly, or turn a corner, the horse can easily lose it's balance, and restrictive leg protection can make it harder for the horse to regain balance, and more likely that the horse will slip over.
2007-01-10 00:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by ThePONYKID 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. It is foolish to not wrap/boot all four legs and the tail. At the very least wrap the front legs. And a simple bandage is not enough. Gamges or pads must be underneath and the leg wrapped from below the the knee to the ground. If you are inexperienced with bandages, buy some shipping boots. Very easy to put on and off. They don't slip, as will a poorly applied bandage, they are easy to clean, and are quick to use, especially great if the horse has little patience for bandaging.
2007-01-10 00:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by digitsis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always put bandages with pads, knee, and hock boots on, whenever I load my horses (including the youngsters when we practice loading them). I don't like all-in-one travel boots, they have a tendancy to slip down and can panic a horse, but if you're not well practiced at bandaging then boots are better than no protection at all.
All my horses have been well aquainted with wearing leg protection, many times, before I travel them. I make sure they are used to loading too...
2007-01-10 03:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There aren't any boots which will really look after a horses hock at the same time as he's leaping. I really have considered many injuries brought about by leaping yet have not in any respect considered one to the hock! i do not see how a horse can injure its hock with the different leg at the same time as leaping.
2016-12-02 02:07:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most time for short trips to where we are going to trail ride no I do not wrap or use boots. Our horses are not used to having boots on for short trips.
If they are going to be a long time in the trailer then I will wrap them.
2007-01-10 02:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Most of the time, my horses ride in my car with me. The larger one travels in the trailer and I am very careful when I turn turns with him in the trailer.
2007-01-11 06:57:25 · answer #8 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how long your traveling. less than hour, no. more than that yes please.
2007-01-12 07:02:04 · answer #9 · answered by foosarat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋