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Discussion on Arab Saddle fit
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New Member:
Jencobb
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Posted on Friday, Jan 17, 2003 - 11:06 am:
Hi-
Has anyone ever encountered or heard of hair rubbing off under the panels of the cantle before? I am noticing that the hair is rubbing off of my 15.1 Arabian gelding under the cantle where the panels are located. I use a Stubben Scandica VSD saddle. It has been reflocked by the saddle fitter(Ibought it used and did not fit well at first), so does anyone think this is a saddle fitting issue or a saddle pad issue or a winter hair issue. My horse was clipped in October and wears a blanket at night and some days. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Parfait
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Posted on Friday, Jan 17, 2003 - 1:24 pm:
Jennifer,
I have had trouble with rubbing around the loin area on some horses. Can you switch blankets to isolate whether it is the blanket or the saddle? If is the saddle, then I think you might have a fitting problem as there just shouldn't be that much side to side motion. If it's the blanket, I have found that leg straps (as opposed to belly straps) can pull and cause rubbing.
I just recently started using Emu oil (I hate the idea of it though, poor things) on some shoulder rubs that I couldn't get rid of any other way. It seems to really help with dryness.
Kerry
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Jencobb
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 18, 2003 - 12:44 pm:
Kerry,
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately I don't have another blanket to switch him to, but i'm going to have the saddle fitter out to look at the saddle. We'll see. Jen
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Username: Admin
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 19, 2003 - 10:43 am:
Hi Jennifer,
If you will post your question as a new discussion, instead of placing it at the bottom of someone elses discussion, you are likely to get more responses.
Administration
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