Wool Pad

4 Responses to “Wool Pad”

1. SLA says:

   October 19, 2010 at 6:42 am

   Second question: REST THAT STIFLE!! Don't do ANYTHING with him until all the heat is out of it for a couple weeks. Stifles do NOT repair well, even with expensive surgery. Personally, I'd lay him off for at least a month. At least. My young mule has been off for three months and is looking at another three. No heat or lameness, but she's short stepping slightly with it, and when I put weight on her or ask her to lunge or go up and down hills (even without a rider) she's worse the next day. After three months off, she can hold a left lead in a circle at the lope, but not a right lead. And she almost bunny hops to the right when asked to lope. Trot looks good, but not lope.

   The vet says there's healing in there, but it's a slow go, and it wasn't a severe injury. An inexperienced horse person probably wouldn't even notice she had a problem. He's your horse. But if you have something else to ride, keep him up until the heat is gone out of that thing, then kick him out in a pasture somewhere for a month or two. Don't risk more damage to that joint.

   Problem 3: You know me, I'm a cheap skate. My gelding bridges. So I have a thin bit of felt pad about an 1/8 of an inch thick. After a bit of experimenting, I discovered it works perfectly folded in thirds and put under the center of the saddle as a center "shim". Folded in half made it too wide, folded in quarters too thick. Folded in thirds, just perfect. And it cost me . . . . .ready . . . . . . nothing. I had an old saddle pad the cover wore out on and there were two of these little felt pads in the center of it. I use them a lot for little saddle adjustments.

   One horse I ride has one folded in half over his withers as he's pinched in the shoulders and withers. Another just needed a fraction more pad . . . They're very useful. And didn't cost me $100 or more for a nice shimmed pad – that may or may not work, and will have to be adjusted as your filly grows.
2. moarkdave says:

   February 1, 2011 at 8:04 am

   The impersonator will be a huge black man dressed in drag. When he makes his speech he will inform everyone that by being there “He is Proud of America for the FIRST time in his life”. He will have on an expensive Asian Wig with his natural hair sticking out at the temple area (looking like a steel wool pad glued on each side). He will be wearing a little girls sweater (Bright Gold in color – not yellow but gold) that is so tight on him that it is 12 inches between the button holes and buttons. The sleeves on it will come in between the elbow and wrist (closer to the elbow). The sweater will be kept in place by a 6 inch wide belt that is worn over the sweater and blouse. The belt will be located 2 inches below his unpadded chest (his is probably bigger than hers anyway). The Blouse will be white – but see through and you can see his bra through the material. He will wear a little mini skirt that will be Multi-Colored and patterned bright and loud. It will be short enough that it comes up several inches above his boney ugly knees – so when he sits down everyone in the audience can see his “junk”. He will have his legs Greased up with Crisco and Cocoa Butter. He will be wearing a size 15 high-heel shoe that is still 3 sizes too small for him with toes sticking out every hole in it. These shoes will cause him to tower over everyone even more than he normally would have. He will walk like it is the first time in high heels and Galumph around and pretend to be a sexy momma, fashion icon and food expert.To top it off, once there he will push everyone aside at the buffet table and demand to know where the Kobe Beef Double Cheese Burgers are located. When informed that they are not available, he will slink off with all of the lobsters and caviar from the buffet table and be mad that he had to “settle” for the lobster and caviar. But at least they have an open bar and that will help in our “sacrifice” that we had to do for the American People.
3. wildeyednorthernboy says:

   March 14, 2011 at 3:42 pm
4. Leigh says:

   April 29, 2011 at 9:42 am

   Instead of buying eye-makeup remover, I use pure vegetable oil. I decant some oil from my ordinary cooking oil, (fresh, not used of course) into a little eye-makeup remover bottle and then use it just like eye make-up remover and it works beautifully, even removing waterproof mascara. To use, moisten a cotton wool pad with a little water, then add a few drops of oil. Wipe over the eyes to remove all make-up. Then go through your regular cleanse routine as normal.