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Re: [RC] [RC] cruppers - Ranelle Rubin

Barbara,

My guy Fellow did the same thing, only I was on him..but not for long! He also had little cuts on the sides of his tail. The Zilco crupper where it interfaces with the biothane was the problem. Zilco makes a huge rubber cover that I now use successfully..no problems anymore.



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From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "rnbianchi" <rnbianchi@xxxxxxxxx>,"Ridecamp: to post an email" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] cruppers
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:04:47 -0700

I had a trainer work with my current horse, who was supposed to be already crupper-broke. I just wanted to make sure all was OK with the horse before I got on. I used one of my current cruppers, a tri-fold leather tail-piece model, and the poor horse started bucking on the end of the lunge line so violently, he did not quit for at least 5 minutes. When the trainer finally got him settled down enough to remove it, the underside of his tail and the either side of his anus were ripped to sheds. Poor boy... I haven't tried one since. So far, I haven't had any saddled slippage to the forehand and I've been lucky. I just wonder if he would do the same violent bucking again with a soft neoprene tailpiece, just because he had such a bad previous experience. Or would he accept a soft, non-chafing crupper? Any thoughts?

Barbara
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To the person that asked about crupper training, etc. : a word of warning. Be sure to check under your horse's tail every time you use whatever crupper you buy. I made the mistake of buying the stiff, U shaped one that was supposed to "mold to the shape of the horse's tail". Not only did it not do that, but it caused bloody sores on the underside of my mare's tail. I think it was a combo of wrong type crupper and using it too loose so that whenever the mare would crank her tail down it would rub her (severely). Needless to say the mare was not happy and pretty much tried to kill me by bucking until I finally figured out she was trying to tell me it hurt. It was a real DOH! moment for me. We now use the type that has ultra soft neoprene around it, purchased at Moss Rock Endurance, and adjust it snugly but with enough room so you can put a fist under the strap when you are tacking up. Works like a charm!



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Re: [RC] cruppers, Barbara McCrary