Anyone have VIDEO of putting on pull on Snuggy Hood or similar???

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How do you do it??? I've always paid extra and gotten the zip up ones. I've now got a pull on neck and head cover but how on earth do you manipulate it to get it on???? :eek:

My horse is good, but horses that put up with having these things pulled and pushed over their head and eyes and dragged down their necks must be SAINTS. Or am I doing it wrong somehow? It seems absolutely impossible for me to do. :confused:
 
There is a bit of a knack I guess. In a weird way think of it like a pair of tights - I have the whole thing so my forearm is through it so the nose end is at my hand, then I stand to the side of my horse put her nose through then on with the rest, if it's all bunched up well then the eyes go into place easily and quickly if that makes sense!
Practice makes perfect or give up and stick to the zipped ones :D
 
Simples!!

Go armed with snuggy hood thingey and approach unsuspecting horsey.

Fiff and faff around a bit with the blessed thing and horsey will start realising something's up and start backing up into the corner of the stable. Attempt 1.

Attempt 2. You approach again with said item. Horsey's getting wise now and says no blimmin way I'm sticking my head in a dark stocking and wedges backside firmly into corner of stable and lifts head up like a giraffe.

Attempt 3: You go away for five minutes, have a think and are sure you've got the thing sussed out. You won't try what you've just tried, will try a different method. However when you approach horsey head goes up even higher this time and this time you and horsie play chase-me-charlie around the stable. Snuggy Hood falls into poo, gets mucky. You resolve to try again, haven't quite refined your technique yet.

Attempt 4: slight interlude as OH comes out rubbing his belly like the proverbial Buddha and says he's a "bit peckish, when'r we gonna eat". You smile sweetly and say "oh not long now". Horsie meanwhile is rolling whites of eyes as soon as you approach with The Thing and is starting to raise forelegs from the ground. You start mentioning words with begin with "F" and "B" and start invoking aid from the Almighty.

Attempt 5: OH offers the wisdom that "you'll never do it like that in a million years" meanwhile continuing to rub his belly and belch, still asking when are we gonna eat for gods sake. You tell him to do something useful for once and go out and bring back a takeaway. He replies that he's sick of playing second fiddle to the blasted horses and mooches off, morbidly offended saying stuff this he needs a beer. Meanwhile horsie is circling the stable with you in tow; you did manage to get The Thing halfway up his face this time so are definately progressing. Next time, you resolve that you'll get the vet out to sedate the fr!ggin horse from the word go. Plus take a barrel load of valium for yourself.

Attempt 7: that's it, you've given up, have chucked the cursed item in the corner of the stable. You're finished, a physical and mental wreck. You have a good weep to get it all out of your system. Horsie is a gibbering, white eyed wreck, stood in the corner of the stable snorting, shivering and looking at you in total disbelief that you could EVER do such a horrible nasty thing to him. You go back into the house, a gibbering, weeping, heaving wreck. Your horse doesn't love you any more.

OH shrugs his shoulders: such things are a daily occurrence in a houseful of horsey women; and picks up his beercan and wanders out the door, doesn't do weeping women.

In half an hour you decide to make peace with your horse again and kiss him and cuddle him and fondle him and tell him you're oh so sorry. You stop in shock and disbelief - he's wearing his Snuggy Hood!!!! Has some wonderful angelic being come and somehow spirited it on for you?

Nope! OH (who hardly ever goes anywhere near the horses) is out there, asks "is this bleddy thing on right then?" (actually, it IS), and then says he "can't see what all the fuss was about, its just the knack really"........... oh yeahh????:)
 
Oh MiJodsR2BlinkinTite how I WISH you'd video'd that scenario!!!! Hilarious. And so bloody true. Dratted things. :D
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
Simples!!

Go armed with snuggy hood thingey and approach unsuspecting horsey.

Fiff and faff around a bit with the blessed thing and horsey will start realising something's up and start backing up into the corner of the stable. Attempt 1.

Attempt 2. You approach again with said item. Horsey's getting wise now and says no blimmin way I'm sticking my head in a dark stocking and wedges backside firmly into corner of stable and lifts head up like a giraffe.

Attempt 3: You go away for five minutes, have a think and are sure you've got the thing sussed out. You won't try what you've just tried, will try a different method. However when you approach horsey head goes up even higher this time and this time you and horsie play chase-me-charlie around the stable. Snuggy Hood falls into poo, gets mucky. You resolve to try again, haven't quite refined your technique yet.

Attempt 4: slight interlude as OH comes out rubbing his belly like the proverbial Buddha and says he's a "bit peckish, when'r we gonna eat". You smile sweetly and say "oh not long now". Horsie meanwhile is rolling whites of eyes as soon as you approach with The Thing and is starting to raise forelegs from the ground. You start mentioning words with begin with "F" and "B" and start invoking aid from the Almighty.

Attempt 5: OH offers the wisdom that "you'll never do it like that in a million years" meanwhile continuing to rub his belly and belch, still asking when are we gonna eat for gods sake. You tell him to do something useful for once and go out and bring back a takeaway. He replies that he's sick of playing second fiddle to the blasted horses and mooches off, morbidly offended saying stuff this he needs a beer. Meanwhile horsie is circling the stable with you in tow; you did manage to get The Thing halfway up his face this time so are definately progressing. Next time, you resolve that you'll get the vet out to sedate the fr!ggin horse from the word go. Plus take a barrel load of valium for yourself.

Attempt 7: that's it, you've given up, have chucked the cursed item in the corner of the stable. You're finished, a physical and mental wreck. You have a good weep to get it all out of your system. Horsie is a gibbering, white eyed wreck, stood in the corner of the stable snorting, shivering and looking at you in total disbelief that you could EVER do such a horrible nasty thing to him. You go back into the house, a gibbering, weeping, heaving wreck. Your horse doesn't love you any more.

OH shrugs his shoulders: such things are a daily occurrence in a houseful of horsey women; and picks up his beercan and wanders out the door, doesn't do weeping women.

In half an hour you decide to make peace with your horse again and kiss him and cuddle him and fondle him and tell him you're oh so sorry. You stop in shock and disbelief - he's wearing his Snuggy Hood!!!! Has some wonderful angelic being come and somehow spirited it on for you?

Nope! OH (who hardly ever goes anywhere near the horses) is out there, asks "is this bleddy thing on right then?" (actually, it IS), and then says he "can't see what all the fuss was about, its just the knack really"........... oh yeahh????:)
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Were you watching me then? :D

OP, there IS a knack to it but to be honest, I'd stick with the zipped ones if you can.
 
No video but this is how I do it

Tie the pony up

Bunch up the hood, pass leadrope through and clip the rope on to headcollar

The rope should now be through the hood, bunch up the hood on your forearm

Place fingers on feint of headcollar noseband

Use your other hand to pull hood on so it's bunched over your hand and across the pony's nose

Grasp the back of the hood, deep breath and in one swift movement pull it up and over the head and down the neck

Straighten up the hood then undo the headcollar and pull that out through the nose of the hood

If you have a horse used to hoods it's easy but this is the easiest way I have found with my generally unwilling pony

Practice makes perfect of course and he is now getting used to the routine

For me they key areas are the eyes and ears, the minimum amount of time these are covered the less the pony minds
 
Thanks WelshD! :)

My problem is being small and having a big horse. I'm 5'1" and horse is 16.3 with a neck like a giraffe. She's been used to having hoods on since a yearling (she's now 5) but I've always had the zippy versions. But I bought an Equi Theme Sweet Itch rug this summer (online so didn't realise it was a pull-on thing) and haven't been able to use it. Even with horse tied up and me standing on a mounting block, it's impossible!!! Material all over the place. Me getting tangled. Horse getting (rightly so) P'ed off. Now we're onto Snuggy Hood time of year and I'm eyeing up a second hand pull-on one on eBay. It's tempting as it's so much cheaper than the zippy ones. BUT do I dare risk it??? :rolleyes:
 
I use the zip up ones on my difficuly welsh monster but my connie is very tolerant so pull on it is!
I bunch it all up, shove hand through middle, get said obliging connie and poke his nose through the hold then quickly pull over so he can see. One eyes are uncovered put ears through holes, pull down over neck into place.
A helpful pony does help!
 
I bought a pull on one after havin had a few with zips where they never make the whole winter, teeth missing so the whole thing ends up opening on th front exposing the whole neck!!

But.....Fabio is a saint with things like that and will happily stand blinded for a minute or 2 whilst i get it on! Have to make sure you get the muzzle through the nose bit then a big pull to get over the rest of the head! If your horses isn't tolerant though i don't think you'd have a chance with the pull on one!
 
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