:My Horse Blankets

Many different kinds of horse blankets and horse sheets are available on the market today. If you own a horse, knowing what options are available is useful. The information can help you to (a) decide if blanketing your horse is necessary and, should you decide to use blankets, it will (b) help you make the appropriate choice for your individual horse. The various types of horse blankets on the market today can provide protection against cold temperatures, wind, rain and snow, but also shield your horse from dirt, manure, mud and insect bites. Whether you blanket your horse or not depends, of course, on your animal’s individual circumstances. This overview may help you evaluate your horse’s situation in light of available blanket choices.

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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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Cold weather is here and many horse owners are about to, or already have, blanketed their horses. The practical advice concerning proper care and maintenance presented in this article should help both novices and veteran equestrians to extend the lifetime of their horse blanket(s).

Cleaning Horse Blankets:

1. Although it can been done, washing a horse blanket in your home washer is not recommended because of the considerable amount of dirt, horse hair and manure embedded in most horse blankets after a whole season of use. The sheer bulk of heavier horse blankets also means that your washing machine won’t function properly and your horse blanket won’t be thoroughly cleaned.

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Picture this. You’re late for work one day. You look at your watch and notice you have about three minutes to feed your horse before you have to leave. Plus, it seems to worsen every day. You notice your life getting busier and you have little time, if any, to spend with your horse.

Should you sell him? Should you keep him? What do you do.

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Let us say winter is here and you’re warm and cozy by the fireplace, drinking the hot chocolate and reading a good book. Maybe you are enjoying some soothing music while ensconced in your favorite pajamas; all wrapped up comfortably in your soft blanket while the snow falls lightly outside.

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Physically the horse is a thing of incredible beauty and unbelievable wonder. There are very few things in the world more beautiful then a well groomed horse in motion. It doesn’t matter if that horse is performing a complicated dressage test, running down the backstretch, sailing over a jump, or chasing after a calf, the horse is a thing of incredible beauty.

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