Re: [RC] [RC-Digest] Vol: 03.4699 - Barbara McCrary
This is exactly why I don't like the idea of
attaching the breastplate to the saddle in any way BEFORE the saddle
is girthed. I just watch carefully for the loop should it fall on the
ground when I unsaddle, then pick it up and snap it onto the girth until the
next time I use it. Then unsnap it, girth the saddle with the loop on the
girth, then attach the breastplate.
Another way to solve this problem is to NOT unhook the girth loop
from the breast collar before you undo the girth, and just slip the
girth loop (while still attached to the breast collar) off the girth
(and leave it attached to the breast collar).
This would defeat the purpose of why I've switched to a clip-on breast
collar....my horse would pull back, and one time he did it right after I'd put
the girth through the loop, but before I got the girth fastened. It was
a mess. So now the saddle goes on, girth gets fastened, THEN the breast
collar gets attached! (BTW...horse has not had a pull-back incident all
winter, so I must be doing something right!)
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