How To Tell if Your Saddle Hurts Your Horse featuring Jochen Schleese

[Ilovemysketch]

omg! :( I feel so bad now :'( all these things are Happening to my horse Sketch :'( oh I feel really bad >.< (im sorry buddy! didn't know you were hurting!) Aw I have to tell my mom to get a new saddle! Oh I wanna cry now :'( He is now being a bad bad boy :'( aw I feel so stupid he now had a bad back :'( loves it when I ride him bareback now I see why :'(

[mrscaitihoch]

what is damage has been done? can you still ride? and how do i know if a new saddle fits him well if there is still pain from before?

[PeskyPonyLover]

@mrscaitihoch if you get a saddler in they will see if the saddle fits properly asnd what size is needed if it doesnt

[Andrea9514]

A LOT of those bad habits are also caused by riding with a bit.

[JSWIZZL3]

Maybe they should have a saddle blanket under the saddle, that might stop the pain a bit..

My horse always bites at a pole when i put the saddle on because she is girth shy.

[iloveCASH100]

My new horse hasnt had a saddle on her in 7 or 8 years and has white on her wither

[CaseyHorses]

@iloveCASH100 once the fur turns white it'll always be white just in case you didnt know that :)

[iloveCASH100]

@CaseyHorses i know but the people that had her before were very responsible and would never put a saddle that didnt fit on her.....

[CaseyHorses]

@iloveCASH100 well depends maybe on the breeding maybe its just a marking that happened, if you know the owner was very resposible then its prob just a marking or a bit of rain rot from a wet blanet :) but i unno i dont really know your horse so i couldnt tell ya

[totalhunterjumper]

My horse has the tripping stumbleing, chopping at bit and head tossing but... I know his saddle fits it's a wide and he's an Arabian.

[Ghorseyluver]

@totalhunterjumper every horse has done that before.....

[ponyppl]

@totalhunterjumper I thought Arabians had narrow backs? At least, the ones that I've worked with do. Interesting.

[nameofthepen]

Better than before, yes. But, why have the "experts" and "leaders" rejected the treeless saddles?

[CJacklover]

this was really informative, thanks!

[XxXjazzwazzerXxX]

I have to put my saddle back because my horse has a large shoulder. Were getting it proply fitted soon :)

[freekyhorselover1153]

one of the poor pony at are barn (35 years) got a hunter jump, we bought a new saddle