HOW TO PUT WHINNY WARMERS™ & Summer Whinnys™ ON YOUR HORSE
Whinny Warmers™ and Summer Whinnys™ are long socks designed to fit horses. If you fold them nearly in half before pulling them over the hoof, they go on much faster. Clean your horse’s feet before putting on the socks. If the horse is wearing shoes, put duct tape over the nail tips on the hoof. If the hooves are rough, use the duct tape to cover the rough places. The sock will be easy to put on if you utilize the duct tape to avoid those snags but it takes more than rough hooves to tear up Whinny Warmers™ or Summer Whinnys™.
Put one sock on your horse first just to see how it reacts to wearing socks. Leave that single sock on the horse for an hour or so and if the horse is fine with it, add the second sock. Not one of our horses reacted to wearing socks and we've heard from many customers that their horses didn't have any problems with them either, but that doesn’t mean that your horse will immediately like them particularly if your horse has never worn boots or wraps on its legs before.
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Put your hand inside the sock so that it goes a little less than half way down the inside of the sock |
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Grab the inside of the sock. Hold it firmly with the hand inside the sock. |
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With your free hand, fold the top of the sock down over the inside hand. |
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Continue to pull the sock down keeping a firm hold of the sock with the inside hand. Don’t fold it completely in half because once you have pulled the sock over the hoof, you will want to see clearly both the top of the sock and the bottom of the sock |
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Now that the sock is a manageable length to work with, pull it over the hoof starting with the fold. |
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When the sock is completely over the hoof grab the top of the sock and unfold the sock as you pull it higher over the leg. The cuff should remain around the pastern. The top of the sock will come up over the knee, if it’s a front leg sock, and up to the hock if it’s a back leg sock. |
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