CleanTrax Soak

Materials:

an empty milk or orange juice gallon jug to mix the CleanTrax
warm water
duct tape
a saddle or bb pad or something on the horse is nice if you want to tie the boot to a stirrup to help hold it up a watch a good book and a comfy chair hay a place to tie the horse some plastic baggies - the tougher the better - to fit over his foot after you finish

The solution is good for 90 minutes -

1) get Cody all settled with his hay

2) have everything in easy reach

3) get the warm water and fill the gallon jug half full - then add the CleanTrax - it's very fine powder so you have to be careful. Shake to mix it well then add the rest of the water and shake again - if you add the CleanTrax to a full jug you can't mix it as well.

4) put the boot on the horse

5) pour enough into the boot to just start to cover his hoof

6) duct tape the boot as tight as you can (which isn't very tight) around his fetlock joint - this holds the boot in place

7) pour the rest of the solution into the boot (actually one gallon is enough for 2 feet so you don't need all of it for one foot

8) tighten the strap at the top of the boot and I usually wind duct tape around his leg from the pastern all the way up to help hold the boot in place. It's the high column of water that causes capillary action and makes the CleanTrax really do its job.

9) settle in and wait the allotted time

When you're done, take the boot off ( you can put it on another foot because it still has some time left.)

Put the baggies over the foot you just soaked and duct tape it on - this is to keep the fumes working for another half hour.

You can pour the CleanTrax out in the stall or wherever and it will kill fungii.

Additional notes for Linda:

I use the boots that the CleanTrax people sell but you can use an old inner tube from a tire - tape off and seal one end. The important part is the high column of water. The CleanTrax boots are $10 and KC sells them www.equinepodiatry.net <http://www.equinepodiatry.net/> . They are reusable and I've even mended a hole in mine and keep on using them.

The CleanTrax lasts for 90 minutes so you can do 3 feet for 30 minutes or 2 feet for 45 minutes. I usually do 40 minutes per foot, 2 feet at a time using 2 batches - then move the boots to the next set of feet. My horses all tolerate the boots just fine and will stand for that amount of time with little fuss.

After I soak the foot, I put the baggie on the foot and put on an Old Mac or a Davis boot for another 40 minutes to allow the fumes to keep on killing critters.

It takes a half a day with no interruption but I've found it knocks the gunky frogs and heels just fine.

If you have any questions just holler.... I'll see if I've forgotten sometnign - and don't be afraid to edit and clarify - no copyrights here!