Help! My horse's blanket is giving him bald spots!

Barbara F · Grand Prix

Help! My horse's blanket is giving him bald spots!

SiobhanDressage · Well Schooled

If it's causing bald spots around his shoulder & chest, I suggest getting one of these 'jammies':

Barnmouser Ash · Grand Prix

I would think sleezies/jammies would do the trick but in a pinch maybe find some old sheepskin/something soft to sew onto the spots that seem to rub? Not sure if it would work but you might try.

justice · Grand Prix

For a quick and temporary fix, ShowSheen (hate the stuff but it does have its uses). Baby powder can ease friction short-term, too..

-- Edited by justice on Friday 31st of December 2010 09:35:01 AM

dbliron · Advanced

Hi, Barbara:

The fastest and easiest fix is just to put a nylon sheet under his blanket. The nylon slides, and stops the blanket from rubbing.

Geoffrey Pannell · Well Schooled

we sew silk or tafata into the shoulders, it works a treat Barbara.

Barbara F · Grand Prix

Thanks guys!
I got and email from home that they have switched his blanket to a barn blanket with slidey material on the inside. I guess I'll find out how bald he is when I get back next week.

MagsNMe · Advanced

You're having quite a time with him, Barbara! Oddly, my mare, who wears jammies is STILL getting some rubs on her shoulders. So, there's no sure fire fix! I use coat conditioner as well as the jammies and she'll grow it back in time for show season...

Jackie Cochran · Advanced

I have never blanketed my horses. However at the really good stable I boarded at long ago, the lady never clipped her horses. What she would do is start blanketing in the fall, just a regular stable blanket of 30 years ago. When it got colder maybe an extra layer. This made the winter coat shorter, thinner, and almost looking like a summer coat. This was in N.C. (USA), with no lights or heat, TB hunters stalled at night. I remember one winter, when they got a leased TB back, the owner commenting on how UGLY his clipped coat was compared to her horses which had just been blanketed since early fall.
She never had difficulties with blanket rubs while I was there.

prospect · Advanced

have you tried the bossy bibs - I haven't used them but I know alot of people who do like them.

I forgot all about my slinkies - i have a ton of them - we call them bras - but I don't know where I put them.

Emiry · Advanced

I can't help with the blanket problem, but Jackie's idea is also a good one. The people that board at my lesson barn/most of the lesson horses get blanketed early to prevent a thick winter coat. It does the job!