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Re: [RC] saddle sore help!!! - Chris PausSounds like my horse Star. I've tried dozens of saddles and pad combos on him and have gotten some awful skin problems from some of them. I've found with my horse I can only use real wool pads under him and need a saddle that gives a good air channel over his spine, so I'm not resting directly on his back. I've had the best luck with a plain wool fleece Toklat pad.. no rubbery stuff, just the wool fleece. And give him some good time to heal up before you start riding again. Corona Ointment is an old timey remedy but really does help sooth owies like this. chris --- Agilbxr@xxxxxxx wrote: About 4-5 months ago I bought a new pad. It was a toklat, with the rubbery stuff on it that is supposed to keep it from slipping. Well, it had a web strip sewn over the seam that rubbed a raw spot right on top of Alpine's spine, just behind where my rear end sits the majority of it's weight. I gave him a couple weeks saddleless to let it heal, then went with my english saddle for awhile because it doesn't sit right on his spine. The hair grew back in white, and the skin right there was still slightly thickened. When he wasn't showing any more reaction to it, I went back to my Abeta saddle, with a fleecy pad (which is what I was riding in before the first new pad). All was fine with 2 hour rides, and I then I did my first long ride of the season...4 hours, fairly slow. The spot swelled right up, almost half an inch above normal skin level, and is squishy to the touch, and of course, sore. So, what do I do. My farrier suggested cutting a hole in my saddle pad, which I tried (with the old one that didn't bother him....), but that didn't seem to help. It definatly irritated the area. So...am I back to bareback for awhile? I put DMSO on it tonight, and will go back to my english saddle, but how do you get these things to heal, preferably without having to take six months off. Help! Thanks in advance! Juli and Alpine (ouch....) ?×?jjb±« ®ø?z?Ä?Û«jw 5ëa¶Úÿ 0zwn©Üzw"wè®f??Ï¢X?È8¬rV¢?êá¶Úÿ 0zwn©Üzwý?yƦ¥+?±ÊâmïÔ?Ë?±Êâmèm¶?ÿà ?Û«jw ?ë®'^q©©þZ ¢v¬¥?xº'?©ÝF'^I§Þ ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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