I feel very stupid [[horse people, help me out!]]

[Beki]

Hey i sent you a pm, your instructor isn't stupid.

[JuniorxMyxLove]

hehe thanks for the pm. My instructor knows so much more about horses then me, so I would hope she's not stupid :]

And another one. Uhh I'm not sure what they're called, but they're like legs wraps..but not wraps...that like protects thehorse from brushing...I know the stap part goes on the outside but how do you put them on? And also bell boots. Oh and umm when you take a blanket off a horse, are you supposed to just haul it off, or fold it up somehow? Right now I kind of roll it into thirds andpull it off that way, but Joey really doesn't like that. AND one more...what part of the blanket are you supposed to fasten/unfasten first?

Thanks!

-Melanie

[Suki Wingy]

According to a few of my Brittish horse care books, you do up the straps from the chest back and taking it off is the opposite. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to take off a blanket but I usually fold it over first just so it stays neat. I don't know what bell boots are supposed to do exactly but I know some are rubber and supposed to streach over the hoof. (They are very hard to put on and take off so they usually stay on a while) The other style is velcoed on and off. There are a lot of different kinds of tendon boots. Most are just meant to protect the horse from banging his legs into eachother if he has a messy jump or a sertain striding.

[Miss Z]

I agree with Eva's answers to your questions. With regard to removing a rug, whilst most horses won't mind, a few horses object to a rug being hauled off their backs. I usually fold the front half over the back half whilst still on the horse and pull it off gently from there. It's easier in the respect that it's then neatly folded to put on the stable door, trying to fold a heavy stable rug on the ground is not easy!