We discuss the best CBD products for dogs, hoof boots and our other favorite hoof products for horses. The Golden Retriever is our Breed of the Show; plus, what dog sports do you think should be added to the Olympics?
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Guests and Links for Episode 138:
- Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
- Co-Hosts: Tigger Montague from BiostarUS and Pati Pieucci from Pierucci Dressage
- Article: CBD for Dogs and BioStar’s Trinity K9
- Ask Hedwig on Facebook
Co-host Jenn Hebert explains why hoof boots are essential to maintaining horses’ foot health:
“Things that every barn should have? Hoof boots. I don’t care what kind of hooves your horse has, every barn should have hoof boots. Whether it’s the kind you wear when you’re riding, or the squishy kind they wear when they travel — something you can slap on that foot when they rip their shoe off or step on something. Something that’s more durable than duct tape. [Hoof boots are] so much easier than duct tape.
People whine a lot, “Oh, the hoof boot’s so expensive!” You can pay up to $100 for a hoof boot, but you can also get them for $49.95. But you buy it once for the horse’s entire life. If you get one that’s kind of a medium size for a whole bunch of horses in your barn, believe me, when you have [a horse] that needs to have their foot covered, and they need to be hand-walked, or they need to be turned out, or they need to travel home, or they need to spend the rest of the week at the horse show because, ‘Oh he’s not going to compete, he just screwed up his foot,’ then it’s so much easier to slap on whatever you’re going to slap on and put the hoof boot over it, and you’re done! You don’t have to redo it twice a day…”
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