Strapping Pads - Where to Buy?

[whicker]

Hinderella,
When you get tired of the whoomping and/or your little mare informs you that she hates the pressure of the hitting, you can always use the linen dish towel for polishing the fine crystal…:winkgrin::lol:

(The linen texture removes the dust and fine lint from whatever you use it on.)

If you want to know what I do for that mirror glow on the Dressage Diva, please let know.

[SmartAlex]

[QUOTE=whicker;6260313]
(The linen texture removes the dust and fine lint from whatever you use it on.)[/QUOTE]

Which is why I hoard old, well used linen dish towels you can find at rummage sales and junk stores. My cleaning bucket is full of them.

[Hinderella]

I decided to try out this strapping thing on the pony
For my first day I just used my cactus cloth pad and whomped (a little more gently than in the video) down on the pony’s butt and did the long, pressing massage movement. She didn’t even flinch, which I suppose means that she liked it. If I do something she doesn’t like, she’s usually pretty quick to give me “the look”. So I think I’ll keep it up, and gradually add a little more elbow grease. It’s likely to be a while before any real bloom and shine will show up though, as she’s still shedding out.
Thanks to Equibrit for the video, and to everyone for the hints. I always have old kitchen towels at the barn, they come in handy for everything, but mine are generally cotton, not linen.

[columbus]

It does make a difference and I have found even sensitive horses can love it. They will brace into your strike. They get a quite blissful look in their eye. If you had a horse who DIDN’T like it after learning what you are doing then I would think about why. I have strapped a horse who didn’t like a haunch strapped and I would bet there was a muscle injury as he quite liked it in other places.

I use old folded towels as this also pulls dust off. All horses liked it on large muscles like neck and hindquarters. Some took a bit to get used to you swinging your arm at them so start with a light hit and sweep the pad off in the direction of the hair, then strike harder and harder depending on how strong you are and how much your horse wants. Avoid boney areas like the high shoulders and the point of hip and the upper neck…I will stroke softly there. I have also used a good quality real hair soft body brush with short bristles and a leather back with a hand strap…don’t strike as hard.

I think it feels good to me too. PatO