I love full slickers! The only thing is
I wish they would make them with hoods, as the water will tend to run down your
back if you don't wear a bandana around your neck! My feet don't even get
wet!
Some tips on putting one on for
the first time:
The first mistake I made was
'desensitizing" and then getting on with the slicker on. Well, it will
wrap you up like a straight jacket and the young horse I was riding sunfished
straight up in the air (yes I had a handler) and came down with his nose planted
in the ground, which also planted my face, and broke my sinus
orbital. Learned my lesson. Never did that
again!
The trick is to ride with it on
your saddle, letting it drape over each side. Ride like that for
awhile. When it comes to putting it on, put it on ON THE HORSE...very
slowly just put it over your shoulders, then stick one arm in and then the
other. If I'm lucky I'm doing this at a trot on a ride and the horse is
paying attention to the horse in front of him and if he did bolt, he really
doesn't have anywhere to go. Pay extreme attention at all steps to
your horse's comfort level. By this time, it's usually pouring rain, so a
slicker is nothing to his aggravation at getting wet!
