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 Silly me, tried new equipment. Took advice to get a non elastic girth. Got 
a leather one, very nice very expensive. Put it on  rode about 30 minutes 
(we are out of shape and it actually didn't rain that day).     Know your 
horse. He kept twisting his head around both sides sniffing at my foot/girth 
area. Also kicking up at his belly. Was a bit off maybe too.
 Of course, he was telling me "Yeow, what are you doing to me...."
  He had two silver dollar size swellings and the hair rubbed off.Where the 
girth had lots of layers for the billets to slip into (a dressage girth).
   I never had a rub ever on him with my neophrene or Pvc waffle weave 
girths with elastic on them. And of course I waited past the 30 days  before 
I tried it.....so  now I get to sell it.....bet I won't get a hundred bucks 
for it , like I paid ;0(
  Anyway  how long do I wait before I can ride him without  causing any 
harm. It wasn't bleeding . Today I felt it and it feels like  its callused, 
like  the skin is rough and  scalely  feeling. One side was worse than the 
other.  Do I wait till it starts to grow hair back? Or is it ok now if I put 
 vaseline or something on it?   I don't want to hurt  it, but don't want to 
 wait  forever either (it may start raining  again-- right now  we only 
have 90's and 60-85%  humidity ----but if I get up at 6:00 it's 70's and 90% 
humidity....

   Oh, learned to keep singing while riding, massage  after, give him a 
coke after and maybe before exercising ......no wait-give me a coke and a 
massage and you can sing to me too.  ;0)



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