what kind of hind leg protection?

[kedwards]

Bud occasionally interferes behind, it doesn't happen very often, but I noticed a couple nicks along is pasterns. I've been using polo wraps behind, but they dont' really cover low enough and I'd like to have something that can stand up to mud a little better.

Would ankle boots be appropriate?

[Lucy J]

ankle boots, very 80's! :D

you could get a sausage boot, that should do the trick. ciara used to interfere like that occassionally, i found this to be caused by poor foot balance, or at least since i changed my farrier a few years back it hasn't happened since! alternatively, i supose you could use a bell boot, but they're only supposed to be for over reaching for front feet, but then if it does the trick why not.

[kedwards]

Oh no, I don't want Bud to be 80's! :eek: Then I might have to give him a mullet and a pair of parachute pants to match, and I'd have to wear a single, sparkly glove. We can't have that.

I used to use bell boots when he was interfering at the level of the hooves, but this seems to have been corrected by the farrier. Now, it isn't a regular thing, but every once in a while he turns up with a nick up higher.

What are sausage boots? I've never heard the term.

[Mehitabel]

http://www.equestrian-country.co.uk/category-109.html

top pic. it goes round the pastern so the other one bounces off it instead of brushing.

[kedwards]

Thanks. Very interesting! I've never seen them before over here.