An integral part of transitioning your horse to a barefoot life style is the proper footware.  Hooves are not automatically ready to go out on rocky, rough torrain. 

Horses that have just had shoes pulled typically have very soft, thin sensitive soles which is why they have difficulty walking on hard uneven surfaces.

However, this is not the only scenario.  Even horses that are kept "pasture" trimmed can have difficulty on rocky rough surfaces.  This is simply because most horses that are kept "pasture" trimmed are not trimmed regularly and are very typically not in a condusive environment that promotes the type of movement that would promote wear on the walls, quarters, soles, and heels. The proper movement promotes a tough thick sole and tougher heels, thicker walls and tougher water lines.

When hooves are not trimmed regularly there is over growth of not just the walls, but the bars, the soles...pretty much every aspect of the hoof.  This over growth keeps parts of the hoof from being conditioned, much same way the horse shoe does.  However, the horse shoe is always the worse of the two evils because it does not allow proper circulation and poor circulation equals poor immune system and poor immune equals poor health and poor health equals a very sad horse and a very sad situation.  But that's a whole other talk show!

So, what do you do while your horse is transitioning or when you're going on a trail ride on unfamiliar terrain or your horse is recovering from laminitis, founder, navicular or some other human induced hoof ailment?

Hoof Boots, and even if your horse is transitioned having a pair is always handy and smart especially on trail rides where you just don't want to be caught in an area that may not be the best idea for your horse's feet.

The best product that I have found great success with are the Easy Care Boots which I am a dealer.  I not only can sell their Equine Footware but their other great products as well!  Please go to my Catalog page, you will find that my prices are competitive.