Waldhausen boots are dead, welcome Norton boots!

After 5 months of collaboration in order to protect Totem from himself, I can officialy declare that the Waldhausen stable boots (Article here) are done. They have been a great ally during these five months, as Totem did not hurt himself once!

They broke around the fetlock area, the neoprene lining because of frictions did not resist and now there are some holes in the stable boots.

Mmh yummy!

I could have bought another pair of Waldhausen stable boots as I was happy with them but the Norton stable boots were sold with a 30% discount. 

At the time I wrote this article in french, Totem was wearing the boots for around two weeks. But now we are in May, and I can tell you that the Norton stable boots lasted for 4 months, the exact same period as the Waldhausen.

The Norton boots are a bit difficult to place on the horse leg at first but once they took the shape of the leg (after 2 use), they become really easy to use.  

Sometimes we can read that the stable boots can nearly have the same effect as standing bandages but on Totem it does not. Totem is always a bit congested on its hind legs before exercising and the stable boots do not help at all on this matter.

Last information, I bought a stable boots pack (fore legs + hind legs). On the picture, it is the fore legs boots I put on the hind legs (no use for me to put the boots on Totem's fore legs). It is ok to use them like that, the legs remain well protected, they are just a little less high than the hind legs boots.