My gelding is coming back after kissing spine surgery and so of course I am above paranoid about how everything is fitting. This is a new CSI pad wth a Cecil Phillips Shiloh. He seems to work good and I think it looks level but the dry spots concern me. What do y'all think?
This is before surgery and with another Shiloh that I had before should be the same tree and used the CSI. Obviously he worked a little harder that day.
Those are good even dry spots/sweat patterns. As long as there's no ruffled hair you should be good. Personally I have mixed feelings about csi pads, but I've never used one.
Those are good even dry spots/sweat patterns. As long as there's no ruffled hair you should be good. Personally I have mixed feelings about csi pads, but I've never used one.
See I feel like one day there was some ruffed hair behind the shoulder blade.
Those are good even dry spots/sweat patterns. As long as there's no ruffled hair you should be good. Personally I have mixed feelings about csi pads, but I've never used one.
See I feel like one day there was some ruffed hair behind the shoulder blade.
I agree, I "think" I see some ruffling, but I can't be sure. I would try this rig again and really look to see if there was ruffling. Maybe you just aren't able to work her hard enough to get a good sweat pattern this time of year. I sure understand your caution, though.
Try a saddleright pad. Less bulk and better foundation. The Saddleright Pad was designed to assist proper function of the muscles and nerves in a horses back.
Try a saddleright pad. Less bulk and better foundation. The Saddleright Pad was designed to assist proper function of the muscles and nerves in a horses back.
I actually had a saddle right back a few years ago and he hated it of course this is all before kissing spine surgery and before I found the shilohs seem to fit him well.
You u might think about a different saddle. There are theories that kissing spine is caused by the saddle sitting on the spine instead of the weight being distributed evenly to the bars of the saddle. IDK the veracity of this theory but something to think about, especially if it is the same saddle you rode in before the surgery. It seems hard to prove though since you don't identify kissing spine till a horse had been ridden so it could be present in young horses and not diagnosed till they are used.
You u might think about a different saddle. There are theories that kissing spine is caused by the saddle sitting on the spine instead of the weight being distributed evenly to the bars of the saddle. IDK the veracity of this theory but something to think about, especially if it is the same saddle you rode in before the surgery. It seems hard to prove though since you don't identify kissing spine till a horse had been ridden so it could be present in young horses and not diagnosed till they are used.
He has had the back issues for years always was back sore constantly needing adjusted we've been through countless saddles thinking he was just tough to fit until it getting a final diagnosis of KS and now coming back from surgery. I've only recently been with the Shiloh. We tried treeeless and a saddle right which was by far his worst fit then did treed saddle with the saddle right and he bucked. So I'm looking for opinions on how this fit looks to me it looks like it fits and sits well but then the sweat pattern seems to be showing some dry spots behind the shoulders.
I wish I could tell you why I don't like the look of the shiloh-but I don't-it almost seems too long for the horse-like the cantle is sitting too low on his back-maybe it's the angle of the picture??? I can tell you that if the saddle isn't exactly fitting properly you have made an excellent choice for the pad-we ride in nothing but CSI and have some saddles that fit great and some that don't-we don't have sore backs on those horses that the saddles don't fit excellent. Do you ever ride with a back cinch? I think some of the ruffling could be caused from the saddle moving a little combined with a new CSI-they take a few rides to break in.
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