Chest expanders for rugs - do they work?

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I am fed up of gazing at lovely rugs, and rug bargains, and knowing they won't fit round my fat pony's neck/chest
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Am contemplating spending a tenner on a chest expander thingy, in the hope that this will mean I can buy any rug for him without having to worry about it not doing up around his enormo front.

Is it worth it? Will it work and mean I have more choice in what rugs I can buy? Please tell me it will help...
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I'm afraid I have no experience of them, but I'm sure they are worth a try.

You'd have to watch that whatever rug you were using it on had the same fastenings (e.g. most expanders have straps with holes at one side and buckles at the other, so using it on a t-bar "twist" fastening rug wouldn't work, although I have seen that horseware do a t-bar "twist" version of a chest expander).

So as long as the fastenings match up, I can't see why it wouldn't help.
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It might help, but it might not! We use one on a masta rug which belonged to my old horse, and it now fits both current horses as a
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It's a masta expander, and is really only good on masta rugs.

I've found that it's not just the shoulders which make fitting rugs difficult, a lot of them bunch over Chloe's shoulders and back and are just plain wrong, and this isn't improved by the chest expander!
 
Have you tried Premier Equine rugs? They fit my 17HH half shire very well (he takes a 7'3") - whereas previous rugs (esp Masta and Weatherbeeta) have been far too tight across his shoulders. I think it has something to do with the cut of the rug and the fact that they have no back seam - they're very generous sizes!
 
I have looked at those, they look nice and I may try one (when I've got a bit more money!). Have ordered a chest expander as I found one for £6, will see if that works first!
 
I found the chest expander just made the rug ride back and then it ended up sitting on the wither, rather than slightly in front, and started rubbing.
 
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