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Easy Boot extended wear?

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My horse just got his shoes pulled, and farrier trimmed too close. He is hobbling around and I put my trail easy boots on the front. Question: how long can I leave an easy boot on?
 
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I wouldn't even leave them on 24 hours without adding a solution of Ramey's dilute Lysol or some other anti thrush medication/preventer. Leaving Hondo's boots on just overnight, riding the next day and pulling them in the afternoon is how I first got introduced to thrush. Not the first day but eventually.

It's dark, wet, and no oxygen down in there. That's where thrush really prospers.
 
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1. Give the hooves a couple hours break.

2. WASH the insides of the boots with hot water and Dawn Dish soap, as soon as you take them off for that few hours break --- every day.

Turn them upside down to dry, somewhere the dogs and cats won't get hold of them.

It helps a LOT, if the boots have drain holes in them so excess water can drain on its own.

3. Re-clean the hooves and apply either "Absorbine Hooflex Thrush Remedy" or "Banixx" every time you put the boots back on.

I have kept my foundered horse in some type of EasyCare boot, 12-16 hours daily most of his life, since 2012.. His hooves/frogs have stayed healthy, following this strict routine.
 
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