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 Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:02 pm
Hi! It's Emily. My filly, a 3 1/2 year old Tennessee Walker, has a lovely mane that I work painstakingly to keep soft and long. However, her head basically comes out of the top of her body and no matter what kind of blanket I buy, they always rub out whatever section of mane they end at around the withers. This is very concerning because I work all summer to keep it clean and conditioned just for it to be rubbed out again.
Any ideas? I've seen some blankets that have one continuous piece of blanket that goes from the pole to the butt but I think that may be too warm for such a young, active horse. I have been using a shouler sleezy but it does the same thing...
I only blanket her because it gets below freezing at night and rains all day (Oregon weather...) and the water can make her very chilled at night. Not to mention its MUCH easier to groom smile .
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Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:39 pm
Understand the Oregon weather. 3nodding We blanket our horses mostly because we're lazy and don't want to have to chip the mud off them every day. And it's decently cold. I feel silly when my friends from Central Washington come to visit and laugh at our "wimpy" horses in their winter blankets when none of their horses get blanketed... but meh, whatever.
Have you tried the blankets that extend a little farther up the neck, but not necessarily containing a full hood? I'm not explaining that well, lemme find an example.
http://www.doversaddlery.com/rhino-wug-high-neck-pony-turnout-blanket/p/X1-24215/cn/59/
Like that?
Have you tried a full sleezy with a running braid? I don't know if that would make it better or worse, but you would get mud on the sleezy that way...
In general, braiding the hair will keep it more protected, but it will probably still rub some.
hope some of that was a little helpful?
And I really want to ask where you are in Oregon, but I think that would make me sound like a stalker. I grew up in the Gorge, and live in the Willamete Valley now.
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:38 am
That's a good idea, I hadn't seen a high-neck like that before. I'll definatly be checking that out! She may not like it, but I'm sure she'd get used to it. And I get mud on my sleezy all the time. Its also broken so I will consider a more-coverage one because I need a new one anyways!
And I'm right outside of Portland. sweatdrop The barn I board at is literally 4 miles away from the St. John's bridge.
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:29 am
Seriously? I'm in Oregon City. xd We are like teh neighbors! whee
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:31 pm
Wow lol. We really are! That's cool. You can totally empathize about the weather biggrin
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:17 pm
Yes. Yes I can. All the hoses were frozen when I went to feed tonight, so I had to haul water from the bathroom. x.x Going to talk to the owner about some better anti-frost precautions.
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:46 pm
Ah yes. During the 2 week cold spell in December we were breaking water buckets with broomsticks and only giving them a little beet pulp at a time because it would freeze sweatdrop . Thankfully we're back to rain and mud and happy horses who arent frozen 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:44 pm
Why don't you buy one of those hoods that go under the rug,they are made to keep the mane laying flat against the neck. Like ThisEdit: Also if your worried about your horse being hot with this on it's not particulalry thick plus you could probabaly get away with a Wug cut rug rather than one with a neck.
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