Blanket rules are very reasonable.
No over the head blankets.
Blankets must be in good repair.
I don’t require an extra blanket, but I keep a few ratty old ones as extras, usually the threat of “Poopsie” in a ratty old blanket is enough to scare people into keeping an extra.
If someone has a complicated blanketing regimen–i.e. more than one blanket change per day or layering or shoulder guards that we need to change, etc. then there is an extra fee.
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Of course there is a moment when their eyes are covered. No way around it. No matter how quick you are or how small you bunch the neck. Of course you would stand to the side. Tell me how you would put on a turtleneck sweater without having a moment when you could not see???
That moment is the exact moment when you have to step in closer to the horse.
No thanks. Couldn’t give me an over the head blanket and I won’t have my staff or me have to deal with one.[/QUOTE]
Are you joking? A turtleneck sweater’s neck is smaller than the head it passes over.
By your reasoning, bridling and haltering also must be dangerous because there’s a point that the equipment passes over their eyes.
Seriously, there needs not be a single moment of blindness if you actually pay attention while putting them on. Show the horse the neck hole. Allow the horse to shove its head in. Easy Peasy. Like a lion jumping through a hoop, not at all, even a tiny bit, like putting on a turtleneck sweater.
I don’t care if you won’t use them, I’m not boarding with you, but don’t make ridiculous non arguments about why you personally don’t like them. It doesn’t make you look smarter or more reasonable.
Right - how small are your blankets that they are as thin as a piece of leather? Or a lion’s hoop?? Putting on ANYTHING of any substance like a blanket over the head - I don’t care how much you scrunch it - does have a moment of blindness. Whether you are willing to admit it or not.
Not a ‘ridiculous non argument’ and don’t worry, I have no room for you.:rolleyes:
Holy sh!te, I actually put on and take off my mare’s blanket every day of the week from October through April. She is not blinded for so much as an instant because,
a) the neck hole is large enough, and
b) I’m actually smart enough to put the bottom of the “hoop” it makes under her jaw bones so that there is plenty of clearance over her face, because, I don’t actually want to accidentally scratch an eye with the binding (or on one that hasn’t been sewn shut, the hardware) or blind her with a great piece of fabric hanging off her head.
It is absolutely no different than putting on a driving collar except that a driving collar is firmer. It is a whole hell of a lot different than squeezing a turtleneck over your face.
No wonder people have problems teaching their horses to lower their heads to be dressed if they’re actually dragging the blanket across their eyes, or getting it so messed up that it actually blinds them momentarily.
Wow.
I should actually make a video for those that are so clueless about this. I don’t give a rat’s if anyone wants to do it or not, just don’t be making up fool crap arguments for why you particularly don’t want to do it.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:Well, isnt that polite?Bless your heart
Sweetie, i have been running 25 horse barns for 34 years…
You cant possibly believe that when something goes on over the head there is not an instant when you cannot see. I dont care how big the opening is.
In anyevent, My coversation with you is done.
Our blanket rules are very simple.
-No horses are blanketed in turnout. This is in the contract that all boarders sign.
-Stall boarded horses are blanketed in the barn if the overnight temperature is to be below 25 degrees. This is included in the stall board fee. When the barn is full of horses and the doors are shut, it stays fairly warm inside the barn.
Luckily our southern winters aren’t too harsh, and the handful of days that we have to blanket aren’t a huge deal. Horses that aren’t clipped can fare pretty well in the winter. We, as humans, just don’t give them enough credit for being engineered to be outside animals.
