What do you think are the worst inventions of the horse world....

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Two things spring to my mind.

Haynets - will never, ever use one in my horse's stable. A friend's horse was found one morning with a twisted gut, and both hind legs shattered where he had got himself caught in his haynet. I just think they are plain dangerous
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If ever I were in a position where I couldnt feed hay from the floor, I would use a hay bag.

Leg straps - I've used these up until very recently; however Ellie came in one day a couple of weeks ago with her turnout rug's leg straps broken in half, and then a few nights later, she broke a strap on her stable rug. It suddenly dawned on me that for her to have broken them, she must have got her leg caught - and the thought of her thrashing around was terrifying! I have now gone and systematically snipped off all leg straps, and replaced them all with fillet strings.

So - any others?
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Horse nappies!!!

Leg straps are good for out in the field as if its windy a fillit string won't stop the rug from blowing up in the wind! Have seen a nasty accident with not using leg straps in the field!
I would never use a stable rug that had leg straps on it though as I think its to easy to get caught up in them whilst there in the stable!

Haynets are good for horses that gorge and need to be slowed down (haybag would make no difference to hay on the floor).
 
I agree with the haynets thing. P has a morning haynet mainly because the staff at the yard put it in to her and won't empty it onto the floor. But at night she is never left with a haynet in her stable, I empty her hayledge onto the floor.

Parelli isn't an amazing invention either. Some of their groundwork with bloshy or nervous horses is good. But the majority of what they do is circus training!

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fleece rugs and boxing boots..

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What do you mean by boxing boots, JM? Travelling boots?

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yep...see they're so useless i don't even know what they're called!
 
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Agree with the haynet, dreadful invention.:(
a bit different, but any bit/other piece of kit used for its fashion value, rather than its function.
 
Bling of any description; why spoil a perfect naturally attractive thing with tat, cheap or otherwise and travelling boots, work of the devil for lazy owners who can't be bothered to learn to bandage properly. Better still, go without.
 
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What do you mean by boxing boots, JM? Travelling boots?

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yep...see they're so useless i don't even know what they're called!

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Cribbing straps, mikmar bits and dutch gags

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I agree with the cribbing straps (instruments of torture) but do think that Mikmar bits and dutch gags have a place - just not as many places as you actually see them
 
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travelling boots, work of the devil for lazy owners who can't be bothered to learn to bandage properly. Better still, go without.

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Wound Powder - Never quite got that one either?? Lets form a big crusty mess over a wound so it go all gross.

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Back in the year dot when sulphanilimide was the new kid on the block it was a real breakthrough when it's used properly.
 
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Wound Powder - Never quite got that one either?? Lets form a big crusty mess over a wound so it go all gross.

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Back in the year dot when sulphanilimide was the new kid on the block it was a real breakthrough when it's used properly.

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I'm intrigued! I suppose it shows how things have changed over the years, there used to be an older lady on the yard where we are and she was full of old school ideas. She used to shout at me for using iodine on cuts then chase me round the yard with a big tub of wound powder. Went to a vet talk recently (my only form of night out) and they were absolutely against the stuff. When should you use it??

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Cribbing straps, mikmar bits and dutch gags

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I agree with the cribbing straps (instruments of torture) but do think that Mikmar bits and dutch gags have a place - just not as many places as you actually see them

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In my opinion the only place for a mikmar bit is on a pub wall. No horse on earth has enough room in its mouth to take that contraption.
 
polyjumps, I would have fallen off a lot less if they weren't invented. I swear it is because mine didn't see them in his formative years tho has gotten better. Our other horse is much better as she grew up with them.

(particularly those daft 3D ones, not sure if horses can see them tho)
 
Some gadgets, although some do have a place when used by people WHO KNOW HOW TO RIDE!

I have always poo-poo'd those hoof boots - but I have never used them or known anybody who had used them. How can one of those fit correctly and not cause pressure points somewhere?

Box rest (head down waiting for verbal thrashing!)

Trouble is that most inventions are only bad when they are used by people who don't know diddly squat.
 
teddyt, I can talk the hind legs off a donkey on that subject. You have to look at it as it sits in the mouth, it forms a wide flat plane occupying less room than many more conventional bits - only causes a problem for horses with small mouths with less room between the teeth - who couldn't use any wide bit.
 
I suppose now, blue spray has superceded it and it would be used in those sorts of cases. Ours was a big hunter livery yard where you'd often get nicks and knocks and WP meant that they could still go out to work with a degree of medicated protection against the wound (which would only be something like a brush or scrape, not a gaping big hole!) It would also be used under bandages to help dry up a wound before it was ready to be left to the air.
When I did second horses, many grooms, me included, would have a puffer bottle of it with us as a quick fix before we could get home to clean it up properly, it also helped 'clog' a blood flow. As I said, very useful stuff when you've never had anything like that before but also, as your vets said, things have moved on a bit now, although it's not to say it's not useful any more. Needless to say, I still have some and if I go hunting in the car, it's amazing how many times I have to give a puff or two for someone!
 
Jeez!! Had never seen a Mikmar before, it looks like a medieval instrument of torture!! But as you say not bad to put on a pub wall! : )

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Cribbing straps, mikmar bits and dutch gags

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I agree with the cribbing straps (instruments of torture) but do think that Mikmar bits and dutch gags have a place - just not as many places as you actually see them

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In my opinion the only place for a mikmar bit is on a pub wall. No horse on earth has enough room in its mouth to take that contraption.

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travelling boots, work of the devil for lazy owners who can't be bothered to learn to bandage properly. Better still, go without.

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Ooo Now I have always travelled my horses without any boots or bandages (pikey background
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) and funnily enough have *touching wood* the soundest scar free horses you have ever seen.

On my list: Dutch Gags, Hoods/Neck Covers, Cribbing Collars, Abbott Davies Balancing Rein. Must stop now before I go off into a rant!
 
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teddyt, I can talk the hind legs off a donkey on that subject. You have to look at it as it sits in the mouth, it forms a wide flat plane occupying less room than many more conventional bits - only causes a problem for horses with small mouths with less room between the teeth - who couldn't use any wide bit.

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Sorry, still not convinced!
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