Signs Your Saddle May Not Fit Properly
Does your horse demonstrate any of the following characteristics?
- Unwilling to stand still when being mounted
- Sensitive to being brushed along the back
- Objects to being saddled or girthed
- Muscle atrophy along the spine or withers
- Sores or white hairs along the back
- Temporary swellings after the saddle is removed
- Unable to stride out
- Stumbling or tripping regularly
- Rushing at fences or refusing jumps
- Difficulty traveling straight
- Resists gait transitions
- Bucks or rears frequently
- Pins ears or swishes tail during riding
- Unable to engage hind end
- Resists rounding his back or neck
