Re: RC: girth problems

[Susan Young Silberman <ssilberman@bigfoot.com>]

Hi Angie & all,

This topic of girth sensitivity came up on another list I'm on.  Essentially,
many people said that they'd encountered this problem this year whereas
they'd never had the problem before.  Several people said they'd had success
in using natural sheepskin girth covers (not the synthetic kind) and natural
wool pads, and using a detergent good for babies (like Ivory).  Apparently
their horses were reacting to neoprene (where they'd never reacted before)
and the reaction carried over to other synthetic materials.  Using natural
materials kept clean with detergent made for hyper-sensitive skin helped
enormously.

Just a suggestion ...

Susan
Hawk's Haven Farm
Micanopy, Florida

Rides 2 Far wrote:

> Anita,
> I'm replying to the list because I want everyone else's input on this.
> You know I had the same problem after Biltmore. I remember we used to see
> the same thing in the Spring after the War Eaglez (mid March).  The
> "flaking of the skin in the girth area" I mean.  I remembered hearing
> some Dressage guru say that horse's skin becomes more sensitive during
> the "change of coat" from winter to summer or summer to winter stage and
> that he gave them that time off.  Duh.  Wouldn't help us much since
> that's our entire competition season in the Southeast.
>
> I remember the first year we clipped for War Eagle and our whole crowd's
> horses did this "scurfing" (don't know where I got that word, but that's
> what we called it).  We thought the blade cleaner might have caused it.
> I'm not sure we need to change girths permanently, but we might need to
> find a substitute during this time of year.


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