However, not only was Sora quite a bit bigger than Katai,
she wore a 72 and that was nicely fitted, but I also sent all of her blankets
with her when she left because it felt like the least I could do. I did keep
one of her blankets from when she was still growing and that fits Katai fine
although it’s just a bit long but it is a heavy weight blanket and since Katai
is a fuzzy pony its really only appropriate for the coldest days.
Now I’m not much of a fan of blanketing when it’s just cold
out but even with the nice shelter that Katai now has I will blanket if it is extremely
windy, wet and raining and below 60 or if the temperature is in the low teens
or lower. In those cases I have no doubt that a horse can stay warm but it
burns so much energy and compromises their immune system to the point that I
just don’t understand why we wouldn’t use the tools available to us to make
them more comfortable. Sure the blankets do lay down their haircoat which means
that you have to be careful about which blanket you are using for which
temperature but I think that if you are educated on blanket use it is only a
good thing.
Because of that I just have purchased two blankets from
State Line Tack. My favorite brand has always been Saxon and I was happy to
find a cute Saxon sheet, no fill that will hopefully fit Katai on sale at SLT. Saxon
are fairly cheap blankets, at least as far as price goes, but I have yet to
have one that has torn or fallen apart in any way. They are extremely water
proof, I used to put Sora’s on in the pouring rain when it was cold out and
even hours later she was completely dry under her blankie, and have all of the
features of a much more expensive blanket. Plus they just fit well. I also
bought a blanket liner for the first time and hope to use that and the Saxon
for the in-between weather before it gets cold enough to use the heavy
Weatherbeta.
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