Jochen Schleese's Blog – October 2011 Archive (2)

Saddle Fit and Thermography

Thermography is a diagnostic tool that is becoming more and more mainstream as an aid to determining many symptomatic issues your horse might be exhibiting – not just saddle fit, although this is one of the more dramatic applications because it results in such a colourful picture! My good friend Dr. Joanna Robson (author of Recognizing the Horse in Pain) is also a certified thermographer and uses this tool to illustrate to the client with a more visual document as to where and how the saddle…

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Added by Jochen Schleese on October 21, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Saddle Fit and Swelling

Saddle Fit and Swelling

One of my associates in Europe recently came across this issue at a client visit. This chestnut gelding was exhibiting blisters and swelling beside the withers on the right side – but apparently there was no saddle pressure to account for this. The saddle was sitting perfectly aligned. (I especially mention the colour since chestnuts often seem to be particularly vulnerable to skin problems).…

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Added by Jochen Schleese on October 5, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments