Magnets
HI
I can certainly vouch for magnets. I use boots on my mare, however have also got a magnetic rug, which I bought the pads on ebay (about £30 for the pads - 6 in total) and used an existing rug, which is light as the magnets due produce heat. I have sown the magnets into the rug & can therefore tailor them exactly where the problem is.
Also, at the mo, I am lending a pair of boots to another livery as her horse has been lame on front right. He was lame despite having 1 sachet of bute. She tried boots & half a sachet of bute & he was sound - this was the following date to full bute & still lame. The next day, just boots & sound. He has stayed sound & has been wearing the boots purely at night.
If you can, do order the natural horsemanship magazine back copy as they have the Magic of Magnets? article in there & this shows the circulation pictures of using magnets:
December 2008/January 2009 (51)
Dear Readers
READER'S OFFER
Klaus Ferdinand Hemfpling Clinic Review
Andean Challenge
Connecting With Horses
The Language Of Horses
The Magic Of Magnets?
Reader's Letter
Stepping Into The Unknown
Look Out!
What's that about Gemma?
Coach and Horses
A Place of My Own
A Yard of My Own
http://www.vowleyfarm.co.uk/MagContents.htm
Each to their own, but I have found the wonders of magnets! Good luck!