>>>>> i'm currently working on making adjustments to my treeless saddle, as stjarni's winter coat is coming in with some white hairs underneath where the free-swing stirrup "butterfly piece" lies, indicating rubbing or soreness, although he still is never tense there under massage.
That sounds really quick for white hairs to come in. Usually, it takes consistent pressure over time for white hairs to come in. You just got that saddle, what 2-3 months ago? And I'm pretty sure you said that you often use the other saddle (Hrimmir?) for lessons, still? And you weigh around 100 pounds? I've used Sensations for three years now, and I weigh almost 140 now - sigh. I still haven't seen any white hairs from any of them. I'd think that white hairs are much more likely to be coming from something that happened months or years ago, considering how little you weigh and how briefly you've had the saddle, and that it's still not the horse's full-time saddle. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
