What if ...Saddle Fit is Not the issue? Here's What to Consider

There are some HUGE MYTHS in the horse world...and the folks that buy into this myths do themselves and their horses a huge disservice.

Number one being :  "A saddle should fit perfectly all by itself, no matter what rigging or pad".  Oh...horse manure!  (for lack of a better expression that I can't use professionally!).  For the love of PETE!!  Saddles aren't made in heaven and neither are horses.  God didn't design horses to be ridden in a saddle.  We're the ones who designed a saddle and decided that it would be a good idea to use it on a horse.  If God had designed horses to be used with saddle, they would have a nice groove around their belly for the cinch to fit in and the "perfect" saddle back.  

Horses are ridden in all different states of maturity.  Horse can be sway backs, short coupled, roach backed (prominent spine), downhill built, and the list goes on and on.   So, we have to figure out what equipment works best for each horse.  And, for some horses, that means the best possible saddle fit with the saddle tree, right type of rigging, correct design of saddle, saddle pad, breast collar, rear cinch, other tack...and even the right type of feed and hoof care.     

Oh--and they need to be ridden correctly.  A rider with a poor seat and/or lack of balance can make the best saddle feel like a torture device. 

Number two:  Sweat marks are

5 Signs that you may have a horse addiction:

1.  You sacrifice items that should be used elsewhere to the use of your horses? 

Y'know...like the mop bucket somehow becomes a grain bucket.  All the dust rags in your house can no longer be used to dust furniture because you've used them to clean and oil your leather.  You can never find a pair of scissors because they are in the barn to cut the twine on the hay bales. 

2. You do things for your horses that you don't even do for yourself?

Like massage therapy and chiropratic treatments...just to name a couple things. 

3.  You chose your mate based on whether he/she would accept your horses as being a permanent part of your lifestyle?

4.  Your monthly/yearly budget includes allowances for hay, equine dentistry, farrier work, tack, grain, fly/insect containment, new horse trailer tires, new truck tires, trainer's fees, barn board, pasture rent, vet bills...any or all of the above?

5.  You plan minor and major medical events/surgeries in the winter so it doesn't interfere with your riding schedule, up to and including childbirth.   

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