Sheepskin, again. New ideas!
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:22 am
So, I'm onto this again. You helped me a lot with understanding using sheepskin as a pad, so hope you can again. I bought nice dressage pads with sheepskin underneath to do better for them. The one I used every day was just getting too gross and patches of skin fell off, so I went away from that. I do use the white one for showing and put a clean pad on top of it. I haven't washed it yet because they barely get sweaty at shows and it's OK.
For home I use an old pad underneath and have been using a sheepskin pad on top of that to hopefully make the saddle fit better. It's a cheap older one I got from the used shop that looks rather battleworn, but does the job. Someone at the barn suggested she found pieces of good wool for cheap, and that got me thinking.
I SHOULD use the sheepskin against the horse for the best for them, right? The low level instructor at the barn is from NZ and mentioned that, of course, they aways did that there, but it was cheap. So I'm working on a way of trying to put the wool against the horse, but have something that doesn't turn into a complete mess from two rides a day. If I do any arena work, the pad is usually always pretty wet from two horses and I hose it off, and even trail riding leaves it wet.
I found this on Amazon and was thinking of buying pieces to piece a pad together, or maybe a girth cover. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017C ... VQ8K&psc=1
So, off I went. This site has the nice quality pad I bought for $140 for $115. https://www.sheepskintown.com/sheepskin ... p-916.html But, ooh, look. They have a throw rug 2 by 3.5 feet for only $60. Why can't I get that and cut it down for an every day pad? Also on Amazon for $60. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OCU7I04/re ... UTF8&psc=1
Oooooooh. OR I could buy a twin medical grade mattress pad, which is basically 3 by 6 feet for $190, so basically 3 pads? Why is medical grade better?
What do you think? For $60 I could get a pretty cheap pad and actually put it on the horse. I'm sure it would be better for them, which is what I am looking for. How do I manage to keep it clean and dry, though? I can do what I do with all of my other pads and hang them to dry every day, and maybe hose it off once in awhile?
Has anyone every actually managed to use a sheepskin pad against the horse's back daily and have it last and not get completely disgusting?
For home I use an old pad underneath and have been using a sheepskin pad on top of that to hopefully make the saddle fit better. It's a cheap older one I got from the used shop that looks rather battleworn, but does the job. Someone at the barn suggested she found pieces of good wool for cheap, and that got me thinking.
I SHOULD use the sheepskin against the horse for the best for them, right? The low level instructor at the barn is from NZ and mentioned that, of course, they aways did that there, but it was cheap. So I'm working on a way of trying to put the wool against the horse, but have something that doesn't turn into a complete mess from two rides a day. If I do any arena work, the pad is usually always pretty wet from two horses and I hose it off, and even trail riding leaves it wet.
I found this on Amazon and was thinking of buying pieces to piece a pad together, or maybe a girth cover. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017C ... VQ8K&psc=1
So, off I went. This site has the nice quality pad I bought for $140 for $115. https://www.sheepskintown.com/sheepskin ... p-916.html But, ooh, look. They have a throw rug 2 by 3.5 feet for only $60. Why can't I get that and cut it down for an every day pad? Also on Amazon for $60. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OCU7I04/re ... UTF8&psc=1
Oooooooh. OR I could buy a twin medical grade mattress pad, which is basically 3 by 6 feet for $190, so basically 3 pads? Why is medical grade better?
What do you think? For $60 I could get a pretty cheap pad and actually put it on the horse. I'm sure it would be better for them, which is what I am looking for. How do I manage to keep it clean and dry, though? I can do what I do with all of my other pads and hang them to dry every day, and maybe hose it off once in awhile?
Has anyone every actually managed to use a sheepskin pad against the horse's back daily and have it last and not get completely disgusting?