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  • #21
    Dare someone to post a comment.
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    • #22
      Where on Earth to these people find their so called "experts"? Do they just go into random tack stores and say hey, do you know what a horse is? Oh goodie, you can be our new expert.

      At least Sarah got most of the terminology correct.
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      • #23
        Originally posted by seeuatx View Post
        Eeeek. She committed the cardinal sin of blanketing/unblanketing. She undid the chest straps before the belly and leg straps. That is just asking to get the blanket tangled around the legs of a panicking horse.

        I learned it this way when I was about 12...
        Blanketing is front to back
        Unblanketing is back to front
        That is only a cardinal sin if that is what you were taught. I was taught the opposite of you and having seen a horse running loose with blankets still attached BOTH ways, I cannot say which is better. Pretty scary either way.

        Regarding the "surgicles", I had a fellow boarder insisting that a lungeing surcingle is a surgical and ALL western people call it that.
        Last edited by ddashaq; Jan. 22, 2009, 06:11 PM.

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        • #24
          Regarding the "surgicles", I had a fellow boarded insisting that a lungeing surcingle is a surgical and ALL western people call it that.[/quote]

          no way! Wonder why they think it is a "surgical". What possible meaning could that have?

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          • #25
            I am in tears that was so funny.
            If you are going to make a video teaching someone how to do something then for gods sake know what your talking about. Make sure you know what things are called!

            You know I am wondering is that Sarah Stettner's mom?

            Here is her profile, you would think after being with horses that long someone would have told her
            http://www.expertvillage.com/expert/1257.htm

            Here is the store she works for http://www.callisters.com/
            Last edited by msrobin; Jan. 22, 2009, 02:29 PM.
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            • #26
              I too wondered if it were Sarah S's Mom msrobin.

              And I'm disappointed, aghasted even - I used the *surgicals* word when talking about blankets with a couple of people, no reaction at all
              where am I, what day is it, am I still having a good time?

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              • #27
                Dude....

                So that was an open front winter turnout blanket. Oh. Ok. As opposed to the closed front blankets that everyone has. That makes much more sense now And did anyone else pick on the plastic horse's name? "Rudy"? Sounds a whole lot like Rowdy. Poor guy, hope he's doing ok

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                • #28
                  http://www.ehow.com/how_4563783_pret...ide-horse.html

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by talkofthetown View Post
                    Dude....

                    So that was an open front winter turnout blanket. Oh. Ok. As opposed to the closed front blankets that everyone has. That makes much more sense now And did anyone else pick on the plastic horse's name? "Rudy"? Sounds a whole lot like Rowdy. Poor guy, hope he's doing ok
                    Actually I've seen blankets that don't "open" in the front. You have to literally slip it over their heads.
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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by mbm View Post
                      http://www.ehow.com/how_4563783_pret...ide-horse.html
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                      • #31
                        Originally posted by harvestmoon View Post
                        Actually I've seen blankets that don't "open" in the front. You have to literally slip it over their heads.
                        Wow, that sounds un-necessarily difficult...(Is that even a real word? )

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                        • #32
                          Originally posted by harvestmoon View Post
                          Actually I've seen blankets that don't "open" in the front. You have to literally slip it over their heads.
                          I had to take one of those off a horse when I was 11 or 12. I remember freaking out a bit because I've never seen a blanket like that, and I was afraid the horse would move, spook, and get tangled. Lucky for me, she was a saint.
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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by mbm View Post
                            http://www.ehow.com/how_4563783_pret...ide-horse.html
                            As crazy as that is it is a good way to tell someone to remain calm don't cowboy it or make sudden movements when approaching a horse. However it is still strange.
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                            • #34
                              Originally posted by ddashaq View Post
                              That is only a cardinal sin if that is what you were taught. I was taught the opposite of you and having seen a horse running loose with blankets still attached BOTH ways, I cannot say which is better. Pretty scary either way.

                              Regarding the "surgicles", I had a fellow boarder insisting that a lungeing surcingle is a surgical and ALL western people call it that.
                              Well it was certainly a cardinal sin in pony club (and yes we referred to it that way, lol), along with not wrapping the back leg straps. I know others do it differently... frankly I would not have thought much about how she did it *if* she had explained why she was doing it, or even better the two schools of thought on blanketing. She is, after all, an "Expert" .

                              To me, combined with the surgical comment, she came off as a random person that worked in a tack store...

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                              • #35
                                Tail straps: I have a horse living out in a Rambo. It stays in place better than some blankets I've had with leg straps.

                                Yes, there are closed front turn outs. I hate closed front blankets, they are too much trouble, but different strokes for different folks.

                                Off to watch the video. I need a good belly laugh.

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                                • #36
                                  OMIGOD surgicals.... Good thing I wasn't drinking anything!!

                                  And how dumb is it that they never showed how the surcingle clips work? If there's anything that may confuse a beginner it is those things.


                                  MORE. I don't have time to fish thru, post MORE idiots!! Please!!

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                                  • #37
                                    I do the "surgicals" first, thenthe chest, then the leg straps. I know a horse, very solid citizen, who bolted out of his stall (door was closed but not latched) with only the chest done up. He broke his neck. Ever since then, it's been "surgicals" first for me. I leave the leg straps for last because they really would do no good for anything if the horse ran away.

                                    HOpe I don't get in the "surgicals" habit. It seems pretty easy to do, that habit....

                                    And seeuatx, what does "wrapping" the leg straps mean?
                                    L

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                                    • #38
                                      Originally posted by lorilu View Post
                                      And seeuatx, what does "wrapping" the leg straps mean?
                                      L
                                      Looping them around each other... I'm not sure of a better way to describe. Supposedly to keep the legs from getting tangled in them... others think to leave them separate is better. For me, the PC way is pretty ingrained in my head .

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                                      • #39
                                        Wow. That would be hilarious...you have to love 'surgicals'...if there wasn't the possibility that someone might actually follow those incredibly wrong and dangerous directions. They should retitle that site, 'Knowitall Village'.

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                                        • #40
                                          Found one myself. I have things to do and I should NOT be browsing mind-numbing videos...

                                          http://www.ehow.com/video_4439252_ag...ing-horse.html

                                          This guy has several on there, it seems. sigh.

                                          I have had several "Neutered stallions" that were far from 'calm'.

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