The Renegade^® Hoof Boot was specifically designed for hooves which are maintained with natural heel heights. Natural heel height is often deemed to be "low" when compared to what is the norm for traditionally modern hoof care practice. An examples of a hoof with heel height within the range of "natural" is shown in the photo immediately below.

Shown above is an example of an unnaturally high heel which is not desirable for use with the Renegade^®.

And below is the same high heeled hoof inside of a stripped down size 0 Renegade^® boot shell.

And above is the hoof with natural heel height shown inside of the same boot shell.

And above is a "cut and paste", side by side comparison between the hoof with the unnaturally high heel on the left and the hoof with natural height heel on the right.

As mentioned earlier, high heeled hoof form often results in less than maximum possible boot performance.

Therefore, if your horse exhibits high heels like those shown in the photos above, you can expect problems with boot retention, increased wear and tear on the cables and cable guideways and increased tread wear at the toe resulting from forward-shifted weight-bearing and poor "heel first" landing.

It should also be noted that "high heeled" hoof form and it's often associated steep pastern angles, greatly reduces length of stride and diminishes the leg columns ability to properly suspend the weight of the horse and absorb shock which may lead to a shorter useful life of the horse.

OK......so if your horse has unnaturally high heels what should be done about this? If you have not yet noticed, the two hooves shown in the above examples are the very same hoof and in fact the photos were taken on the very same day right before and right after receiving a "natural trim" the result of which is a much lower and more natural hoof form. Therefore, through proper trimming practices, most high heeled horses can achieve a lower and more natural hoof form.

Whether or not your horse should be trimmed in this manner is up to you and your hoof care professional but most certainly the horse does not benefit from unnaturally high heels nor is this hoof form conducive to maximum success with Renegade^® Hoof Boots.