Easywalker shoes?

[Douglas Pani]

Has anyone heard of the easywalker shoe? I guess im getting the whole story on them tomorrow by a client who already has the shoes and the dvd and is ready for me to put these shoes on here eventer and make the world right again. Vet says the horse has heel pain from long toe/ underrun heel. Shod this horse last summer with pad and equi-pak and horse was sound, that was the last time I shod him, now she wants me to be her new farrier, even though her old one has been shoeing longer that I have been around so I feel kinda funny about that, but thats a different thread for a different day. So about this easywalker?..............

Doug

[Guy_Buck]

I shoe a lot of Endurance horses and over the last few years have been asked to use them on a few horses. They do appear to hold up better than other urathanes that I have tried and the clips that you actually nail through ( you will see what I mean ) keep the shoe from shifting on the nails. As for the heel pain I doubt that the shoes alone will be the cure all but there is a bar that equithane can be applied under and they do make a shoe that has a pad built in (very nice). Good luck just remember just because its new doesnt make it bad.

[Phil Armitage]

Just cause its new don't make it good either. :). In my opinion there is not a good product out there, because the product is not what horseshoeing is about, horseshoeing is about skill and knowledge. The individual can make anything look good or bad. There are several ways to skin a cat, you just have to pick what works for you.

[cowboy_bc]

Hi all,

http://www.easywalkerhorseshoes.com/

this is the site for Easy walkers. We were down this road a while back and I think the consenses was thumbs down. Have a look at the site and check out the comparisen graphic then read a direct quote from one of the easy walker people below. Maybe just a tad exagerated?


Quote "The hoof capsule will actually flex up to an inch vertically to compensate for uneven terrian and also flex horizontally every time the foot hits the ground. The horizontal flex is nowhere near that of the vertical but it does flex. When the hoof capsule can not flex vertically the linear joints in the leg are forced to twist that is what the picture is showing. Yes I agree that the picture is a bit dramatised but it is used for effect."