FITTING TIPS
You should not have to force the boot on the horse’s hoof in any way. If you are having to force the boot on it is too small. Try a thinner pad or larger boots.
If the boot is rotating independently from the horse’s hoof it is too big. A wiggle is okay because the hoof expands in weight-bearing and even further in movement.
CAVALLO HOOF BOOTS GIVE A MINI WITH LAMINITIS (FOUNDER) A CHANCE!
"Jonesy is a 9 ½ year old miniature horse who suffers from laminitis from time to time. Until this year, he had never had it winter and had never been laying for hours at a time. Jonesy, at the end of January, could not walk. The weather had been crazy in Indiana and was going from 50 degrees to 10 degrees in one day. Jonesy was in trouble.
I consulted with his vet and we immediately started him on pain medicine. After a few days I was not seeing much progress and was getting concerned that he was not going to recover from this. I contacted Cavallo to see if they had any recommendations that we could possibly try for Jonesy.
We decided to try Cavallo CLB on all 4 feet. We also used the new yellow Comfort Pads in the shoes. I placed 1 comfort pad in each front boot and 2 comfort pads in each back boot. Once I had the boots on, Jonesy was able to walk. Yes, he was in pain, but they were helping, and he was moving. That was my huge concern, because he was laying for so long. It has been a long 4 weeks, but I am very happy to report that Jonesy took off running today! Today was the 1st day he had gone back out into the big pasture and I guess he was just so excited he had to show me how good he felt. I do believe that the Cavallo CLB helped save his life. I was so afraid he wasn’t going to get up again and I was going to have to put him to sleep because he was in so much pain. I am so thankful that Cavallo helped me come up with a solution for Jonesy. Thank You Cavallo!"
- Kristye Lewis

