[IceHorses] Re: Tack Shed-harness

[Monica]

--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Wanda Lauscher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Here is a picture of Gusti and
 Peppy's harness.
 
Hi Wanda,

nice to see you driving. I need to built myself one of those stone
boats?  with a seat to retrain my mule.
Anyhow, I am also planning on driving my Icies in the near future,
have an easy entry cart and a wooden road cart that might also work.
Question: do you drive with breast collar or full collar and what size
harness fits the Icies best? Cob size or is there a large pony size? I
think I have  pony size one here, but it is made for little ponies
(10-12h.)
Nice Tack shop also. We will be renovating our barn this fall and I
can't wait to have a proper tack room. ( We moved to this farm a year
ago and a lot of my stuff is still in boxes!)

Monica Lamothe
Ontario

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Tack Shed-harness

[Wanda Lauscher]

Hi Monica:

To be honest I'm not sure what size of harness we ended up with.  We
sent measurements to a company in BC and we still ended up sending
pieces of it back to exchange for a different size.  For one thing,
Gusti needed a draft sized crupper.  What ever you buy, make sure the
saddle pack has a good spine channel and is well padded.

If I had to guess at a size I would say  Gusti would be closer to a
cob size, though he has a full sized bridle.  He's a tank.

So far Gusti has only pulled a travois, but we intend to work him up
to a stone boat this winter.

I'm presently taking a few lessons on him until the snow flies.

Wanda