A horse boot for resilient engagement about the hoof wall and adjacent hoof structure. A boot wall extends upwardly from the perimeter of a boot sole and includes a flexible rear wall portion of generally concave-convex shape. The rear wall portion is flexible to permit manual repositioning thereof downwardly about the rear edge of the sole to open the boot for passage of the horse's hoof into place. A raised rear portion of the rear wall contributes to hoof engagement. The boot sole may be perforate to receive horseshoe projections.
A boot-type shoe for horses including a relatively rigid sole member, a flexible sleeve affixed to the sole member and extending upwardly therefrom, and an arrangement for securing the sleeve in engagement with a horse's leg to retain the shoe on the horse.
A horseshoe including an arcuate elastomeric shoe body having an upper hoof engaging surface and a lower surface. The upper surface is generally flat and has an arcuate force-bearing recess along the internal periphery disposed to receive a trimmed ridge of the keratinous portion of a hoof. The shoe is thermofit to the animal hoof in order to conform the shoe to the irregularities of the hoof. Upwardly extending tabs from the shoe body contact the outer side wall of the hoof and a quick setting adhesive is applied to the tabs. A non-setting adhesive is applied to the force-bearing recess and the upper surface of the shoe body. The non-setting adhesive is also applied to a sole protective flange which extends inwardly from the shoe body. A tough wear member, resembling an iron horseshoe may be adhered to the elastomeric shoe body.
An equine limb bandage comprises a length of at least partially elastic flexible sheet material having at least one zone of loops adapted to engage at least one zone of small plastic hooks. At least one zone of said hooks disposed thereon such that the bandage can be elastically stretched and wrapped around a limb with the loop zones at least partially overlying, and thus engaging, the hook zones to prevent loosening of the bandage. The hook and loop zones are disposed such that, in use, successive wraps of the bandage results in successive overlapping of hooks and loops so that each wrap is secured under tension to an immediately adjacent underlying wrap.
A horse shoe cassette system for an animal's hoof. The cassette system comprises a plurality of hollow holders that are screwed into the hoof. Each holder has a threaded outside surface and a threaded inside opening defined therein. A flexible covering, of a general hollow ungulate shape to fit an ungulate's hoof, has a bottom plate that includes a first opening defined therein. A horse shoe is attached to the bottom plate of the flexible covering and the horse shoe has a second opening. A threaded screw member extends through the first and second openings and is screwed into the threaded inside opening of the holder disposed in the hoof.
