Re: SADDLE FITTING

["JOHN B. AYERS" <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steph Teeter <step@fsr.com>
To: JOHN B. AYERS <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>
Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: SADDLE FITTING

How did you determine where the shims were needed?

 

Steph

 

We put the saddle with pad in position without girth and slid

our fingers along each side front to back.  With some practice,

you can feel the difference in pressure.

 

The Saddle Fitting Clinician is Janet Coutemanche (sp?),  from

Magog,  Quebec.  For those within "commuting" distance,  we

will probably have another Clinic by Spring on 99.

 

John and Meshack (VT)

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: JOHN B. AYERS <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>
To: RIDECAMP <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 5:06 AM
Subject: SADDLE FITTING

At a recent saddle-fitting clinic we learned how to "shim",

using washcloths,  towels,  pad sections and whatever to

get uniform pressure on the horse's back.

 

This an invaluable technique,  as the horse changes at

various times a year,  different stages of conditioning,

and even varies from one side to the other.

 

John and Meshack  (VT)