You don’t even touch the gaiter except to fold it over the back of the boot, out of your way.Īfter replacing about 6 gaiters, cussing and sweating, whacking the toe with a mallet, and standing on my head long enough to feel my heartbeat in my eyeballs I figured out a better way. Put the foot down, do up the gaiter and you’re done. The process takes about 30 seconds per foot. ![]() The toe slides forward, right into the boot which seats the heel. ![]() Grasp the boot on each side - at the quarters - and give two or three twists back and forth. Pick the foot back up, brace the horse’s knee against your thigh. You will hear a definite loud POP as the quarter slips inside the upper edge of the boot and the boot material snaps back outward. The outside quarter will POP inside the boot as the horse weights it. So you tuck the toe in the boot, then tip the boot sideways so that only the inside quarter is down inside the boot. ![]() You pick up the foot, then hold the boot up to the bottom of the foot but only put one side of the hoof into the boot. (And I’m talking -17 below zero kind of cold.) The boots SHOULD be a snug fit, but obviously if they are just plain the wrong size, nothing you do will get them on. I really should put together a video because its too hard to explain but I found a way that pops Bares on with almost no effort, even in the winter when the boots are stiffer. The secret to easy Bare installation is not tugging or pulling, but TWISTING the boot on, and using the horse’s own weight in your favor.
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