My First Gluing: A Two Person Job
Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to learn how to glue on boots courtesy of Rusty Toth. This was an amazing learning experience and although I was familiar with the gluing protocol, there really...
Come In From the Cold
Where did you spend last night? On or in the truck, trailer, the tack room where the heater went out?Will the boots stay on in snow and mud if you use cold or frozen...
Removing Easyboot Glue-Ons After Tevis 2011
Bernd Jung from Hufcheck in Germany recently spent ten days with the EasyCare staff at our R&D location in Colorado. He came to help take photos as part of our 2012 photo shoot. While...
Gluing Boots at Tevis for a 99.3% Boot Success Rate
Heather Reynolds presenting Riverwatch for Haggin Cup, which he won.The successes at Tevis 2011 were numerous: I summarized some of them in my blog on October 18, 2011. Arguably one of the most significant...
Easyboot Gluing Tips and Tricks for Wet and Cold Weather Conditions
The 2011 Tevis Cup 100 Mile Horse Race is days away. The EasyCare staff will be helping many of the horses competing in the event with Easyboot Glue-On boot installation during the week of...
Our Shahzada Story
By Susan Gill and Jenny MoncurI'd been doing endurance for a few years before I even became aware of the iconic Shahzada ride. It sounded quite interesting, but a ride for other people not...
A Revised Gluing Protocol: Introducing The Goober Glue Apron
Most of our customers who use the Easyboot Glue-Ons are either competing in endurance events or giving additional support to a horse dealing with chronic lower limb problems.The gluing protocol we recommend involves the use...
Dave Rabe and Red the Mule at XP 2011-NF
Dave Rabe was gracious enough to share some pictures and a story with me about his travels and booting success with Red the mule at this year's XP 2011 ride.Dave writes:The mule I rode...
What Have We Learned?
Remember the good old times? I do have fond memories of foaming the Original Easyboots on horses' hooves. In the 80s and 90s, we often foamed. And what a mess it sometimes was. Very...
Phase 2: Mission Flunked
One of the reasons I was so proud that Uno completed the NASTR Triple Crown (a 50 miler in the spring, 75 in the summer, 100 in the fall) in 2010 is that it...