Today was a good day:) Tiki man hung out all week long since it was Thanksgiving week and I've been going nuts making all kinds of preparations. This morning, my alarm went off at 6 am, so I went ahead and hooked up the trailer and took the muffin man to Patchwork. He is a hairy beast, let me tell ya!! Can't WAIT to clip him! After Christmas, after Christmas...
He was weirdly in his stall when I got there. I guess Joyce was worried about rain or something. I didn't mind; made it easy to throw him on the trailer! I've recently been trailering him naked-legged. I always go back and forth as to whether I want to wrap or not wrap. What do YOU do? Do you wrap? Why? If you use standing wraps, do you do all 4 legs? Do you use bell boots?
Began the morning with a trail ride. He hadn't done the full trail at PW in about a year, and it was on the buckle the entire time. I took 2 other kidlets, and I enjoyed riding my boy. We had one sticky minute going down a steep wash out area to a creek crossing, but I convinced him it was ok to go first.
After the successful trail ride, I taught 2 of my IEA team kids on him. He was very good; I have NO complaints. The girls rode him very well, and I enjoyed watching him. Took him back home, hosed off his nasty self and sponged him with some apple cider vinegar.
Not sure what the week holds. I will for sure ride him before our IEA show on Sunday; probably in the dressage saddle. Haven't done that in awhile. I'll be glad when I get some more FREE TIME!:)
I wrap with standing wraps almost all of the time. The only time I didn't, it was about a ten minute ride, so I didn't feel like he really needed it. I don't know about shipping with bell boots. A lady at the barn does with her mare, but I feel like it might be "too much" if you know what I mean. To each his own I guess...
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ReplyDeleteI don't wrap or boot unless it's an accident prone horse. I've seen horses get hurt by pulling a wrap loose and getting tangled in it. Provided your trailer is safe, it should be a non-issue. In the event of an accident, wraps won't make much of a difference. I've shipped 23 hours without wraps and had no issue.
I generally do use bell boots in case there's any scrambling, but don't boot or wrap because it's generally summertime when we're hauling and I don't want all the heat build up.
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