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Location: Southern Wisconsin | Do you tent every saddle pad? |
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Location: London Ontario | If you mean pull the pad up toward your horn, then yes! Personally I like the air flow - what little there may be - and its just a comfort thing, I don't think it would be all that comfortable to have it super tight on withers. I pull it up when I saddle, tighten the cinch only a little, walk, tighten more and keep tenting and repeat until it is as tight as it needs to be but there is still a tent |
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Location: Southern Wisconsin | I was told that the tenting can create spine pressure.... and if you have a high withered horse to use a cut back pad. Just trying to see what everybody's opinions are.
I'm currently have a 7/8 five star and an Ultra Rocket.
Edited by Barrels&Babies 2014-05-21 2:42 PM
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| I've always saddled my horses this way. Like the above poster said, to me it just makes sense that it would feel better on the horse's withers that way. |
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Location: SW New Mexico | albertacowgirl - 2014-05-22 1:43 PM
I've always saddled my horses this way. Like the above poster said, to me it just makes sense that it would feel better on the horse's withers that way.
I was taught this at a early age..I pull the pad up under the horn...
Just a habit. Just like uncinching a little to let the horse breathe and relax..,when getting off..
Consideration for the horse.
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Location: Alabama | A chiro/acupuncturist told me the withers is the acupuncture point for the lungs, helping release pressure from there is good for their air flow while running |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | Always have. It just makes sense to me. Not only for air flow but to prevent rubbing.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | A saddle pad laying flat across the withers will make a horse sore so yes..I always pull up my saddle pad in the front. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Yes I do, takes the pressure off their withers.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-05-21 5:47 PM
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Location: Phoenix | I do too. I can't NOT do it. |
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Location: Washington | Every time I saddle, or get off to tighten my cinch I always pop it up to the horn. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I do it all the time. |
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Location: At the barn | Absolutely |
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The Advice Guru
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| I don't have to on my CSI pads or my wade pad, as how they are built they are already "tented" and don't put pressure on the withers.
If by some chance I am using a different pad, I do make sure there is no pressure on the withers, I also make sure that I run my hand under the pad to smooth out the hair. |
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Location: South Georgia | YES |
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Location: home for the winter...what a dumb idea | Yes always and also pull their mane out from under there pads.....if they have a lot of mane....I will sometime clip it or if they are on a string will do the one tuft 2 tufts no tufts... |
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| yes. every single time ... I also run my hand under it to smooth the hair and mane on both sides. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | I'm so OCD that I even do it on other people's saddles. Like this, "Excuse me, ma'am. I'd like to fix your pad, so that it doesn't cut the circulation off and rub out all his wither hair and skin." "Yes, you're welcome." |
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Location: North Dakota | Yep. The one thing I do before every run is get off after warming up before my run, loosen my cinch, pull my pad up back, pull the mane out from under, then retighten my cinch and get back on. |
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