[RKDinOKC]

Americans kinda have the whole cowboy boot thing wrong. I've noticed the English have it down much better. For farm and ranch work they wear knee high rubber boots, and wear what Americans call cowboy boots as Riding Boots.

As a teen I often helped out with my friends Dad's cattle. I wore the rubber boots I had to work in our huge veggie garden, had no cowboy boots. My friend, his family, and the other cattle hands wore cowboy boots and called me a city boy for not wearing cowboy boots. But, I did notice they had a lot more trouble walking in the muck in and around the pens and corrals and spent a lot more time and trouble cleaning the muck off their cowboy boots at day's end. Just hosed my rubber boots off and was good to go. At no time did anyone actually ride a horse. In fact, don't remember even seeing a horse even though my friend's little sister was always talking about wanting one.

Didn't get a pair of cowboy boots until attended college at Oklahoma State University, the Cowboys. Didn't and don't wear them much, make my feet hurt. Have some fancy dress shoes to go with my wedding/funeral suit that rarely wear for the same reason.