Dude's bell boots are favorites at the barn. He's had them a while, but they've been packed away in the trunk with all the show stuff that we no longer use. He got them for Christmas one year. A couple of weeks ago he finally ran his old bell boots into the ground; they were barely hanging on with major strap and Velcro malfunctions going on. Rather than going out and buying new boots, I dug the sparklies out of the trunk. The turn out girls said he looked like a male body builder when they have those colorful booties on. Hmmmmn.
I've often thought we should've bought stock in Davis, the company that makes these bell boots. At times I've tried to save money by buying cheaper boots, but the Davis boots have really been the longest-lived on our horses, as well as the most flexible boots with Velcro closures that I have found. A couple of the other brands seemed fairly inflexible, particularly in the cold, and I worried that the rubber (or whatever it was) might bruise their ankles. Bestie is not shod now, so she doesn't wear them any more, but Dude is the king of bell boots since he stands base-narrow and tends to step on himself quite a bit.
Time for a close-up ... a little muddy, but definitely still gleaming in the sunlight!
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