:My Horse Blankets

If you plan to blanket your horse, make sure to measure it correctly. A blanket that is correctly fitted should fit comfortably across the horse’s shoulders. A blanket that is either too big or too small can cause several problems, the most common of which are:

1. Rubbing: If the blanket (and therefore the leg straps) is too small and tight, it will cause a lot of rubbing across the animal’s shoulders and withers when the horse moves or reaches down to graze. This may lead to skin abrasions and blisters or sores. If the horse’s blanket doesn’t reach from the center of its chest all the way to the top of its tail, you need a bigger size.

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The key to successful horse handling and horsemanship is not how much you know about training techniques, but whether you have trained YOURSELF in how to communicate with your horses. It’s up to the horseman to understand the horse’s behavior, and not vice versa. This is the one most important pre-requisites to handling a horse. Unless you understand your horse’s psychology, expertise and knowledge of riding and training techniques, however extensive, will produce very poor results – or none at all.

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