They probably could have stayed on longer but at the end of the weekend on the 14th day it seemed convenient to remove them at that point and I could see my mare's hooves had grown quite a bit so i didn't want to let her get too out of balance. The boots stayed on for 14 days through riding, pasture turnout, muddy normally boot sucking mud, cold wet rainy conditions a lot of the time. I know that some people are using Sole Guard in the boots and say it sets up slightly softer than the Equipak but I found the Equipak worked well. I had also drilled holed in the bottom of the boots and both times I used Equipak CS inside the boots. Other than a few minor things, I found the boots were easy and quick to put on, just had to have everything laid out ready to use (much like when foaming on boots). I noticed that the Adhere can be hard to squeeze and while I didn't think it was particularly cold in the barn, the tube was cool to the touch and probably could have benefited from a bit of a warm up (I might not have struggled as much) before using. I then made sure I put glue all over the inside of the boot wall and not just in spots. I also did make sure to lightly rasp the whole hoof wall where the boot would be glued to. I did not use a heat gun or any kind of cleaner (like denatured alcohol), I just scrubbed the hoof well with a wire brush. I cleaned her hooves and left her in her stall on shavings to let her hooves dry out a bit. The second time I brought my horse in about an hour ahead as the fields were wet. I did notice that when I looked inside the boots I had missed spots so there wasn't glue all over the inside of the boot wall. I wasn't entirely surprised though when one came off in the field and the other came off without too much prying. Despite this the boot did stay on for 5 days. The first time I was gluing them on, I was a bit distracted as it was busy at the barn and I forgot to rasp the hoof wall, although I cleaned the hoof really well. I finally have been able to give the Glue-on Gloves a try and have been very happy with the results.
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