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Post by june on Dec 18, 2008 20:28:55 GMT 1
The Thorowgood girths rub a couple of our horses when they get sweaty. For some reason the skin seems to get caught where the girth narrows and pinches them. We use cottage craft non elasticated girths with Prolite girth covers. Having tried out various combinations that works best for us.
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Post by beaker on Dec 18, 2008 21:29:12 GMT 1
Have any of you tried the new 'H' girths? Supposed to be brilliant for roly-poly horses, saw it in 'Your Horse' and it sounded great, but was expensive!
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Post by merryberry on Dec 19, 2008 14:54:19 GMT 1
I have driven myself mad trying to figure out the best girth for Mouse. I have gone for the humane girth. I have a normal girth now, and I don't like it and didn't like the sound of elasticated girth for stability either. I couldn't get some of the suggestions in a small enought dressage girth either - 22".
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Post by Amanda (S Yorks) on Dec 22, 2008 15:25:05 GMT 1
I have a humane girth. Of the many I've tried, this is the only one that my mare doesn't gnash teeth at when I do it up, though I think part of that is because of the roller balls on the buckles as it makes for a smooth action.
I tend to get a bit p'd off when people go on about how easy humane girths are to over tighten. They don't over tighten themselves, you need a human on board to do that and they're not that easy to over do. What I like about them is the ability to tighten by half a hole if that's all that's needed, rather than struggling to do up both billets to the same hole. This works well for my mare who has a very forward girth groove and is slightly slimmer where the front billet lies vs the back.
I'm in a minority also because I have a passionate dislike for Pro Choice girths, now they're a girth that's ridiculously easy to over tighten. You can keep going forever and a day without even realising just how tight you're going, if you're that way inclined.
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Post by VictoriaA on Dec 22, 2008 16:13:50 GMT 1
I'm a bit confused as to how you 'overtighten' a humane girth. There is no elastic in them so they tighten up the same as a normal girth, you just have the flexibility to take one buckle up a hole and not the other without it being uneven because of the D-rings, which also allow it to give to movement a little more. This is the type I know as a humane girth: www.derbyhouse.co.uk/prodshow.asp?id=2281&cat=2&scats=49,96 Is there another type people mean? I've used this type of girth for 9 years with no problems.
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Post by penny70 on Dec 22, 2008 17:54:39 GMT 1
I've got a Wintec girth with elastic at both ends for my small, round, witherless Welsh D - tends to stay where it's put and is easy to clean...
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Post by Persianhorse on Dec 25, 2008 1:48:42 GMT 1
Hi, I voted Other, Sheep wool and leather made together, wide in the middle , it is comfortable for the horse and because it is the same material as the horse skin, it somehow sticks to the horse body without damaging the horses body specially where the skin is so soft under where the girth goes and all the pressure on this place also.
Best wishes, PH.
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