How do you do up rug back straps?

[loz9]

Just curious as to what is seen as the norm regarding back straps. I have always looped them through each other (ie do one up clipping it to the same side & then passing the other one through it before clipping it up). However, have recently seen horses without them looped through each other.
So.... how do you do yours?

 

[Django Pony]

I was always taught to interlink them to help prevent chafing and I still always do it, its habit now.

 

[Brontie]

I've always been taught to do it the way you do, clip one on normally, then pass the other through and clip it up.

 

[Lippyx]

I use to cross through each other, but now I remove and replace with fillet string, after seeing a horse nearly break a leg after it some how managed to remove the rug!!

 

[piggyinablanket]

me too, I do it the traditional way

 

[horsecrazy25]

Looped threw each other! x

 

[quirky]

I use to cross through each other, but now I remove and replace with fillet string, after seeing a horse nearly break a leg after it some how managed to remove the rug!!

This ^^^

I always make sure that the leg straps aren't stitched on, so they can be removed easily.

 

[Janah]

Same as Lippyx

Jane

 

[Ellies_mum2]

I was always taught to interlink them to help prevent chafing and I still always do it, its habit now.

Same here


Although Bella doesn't wear a rug but if in the future she does then this will be how I do it up

 

[_HP_]

Other...take them off...horrible things

 

[sassybebe]

I put other as i tend to remove the leg straps if they'll come off and use one as a fillet string. I absolutely hate being stood behind a horse, normally keen to go out, fiddling about with those b****y straps, they're dangerous to horse and rug putter oner. If i do have to use them i loop them through.

 

[loz9]

thanks for your replies.
Iv always seen looped through each other as the traditional way & was to prevent chaffing & rug slippage, but a rug put on by someone several years my senior hadnt looped or crossed them & I wanted to know if anyone else did it this way & if they could explain why. However, so far has chosen that method!

 

[wilsha]

at riding school i was taught something really weird but a friend showed me that it was much easier to just loop them through