Saddlery
Working horses often sustain wounds and sores caused by overloaded carts and poorly fitting harness and bridle work. The inappropriate materials used by owners to repair broken equipment can also cause further injuries to their heavily burdened animals.
During the training courses, our instructors frequently find barbed wire, bent nails, screws, rivets and baler twine being used to hold harness together. Typically, these home-made repairs lead to fistulous withers, chronic abscesses along spinal columns and girth galls, which are often concealed by multiple layers of blankets underneath the tack.
Training solution
Our qualified instructors train students to improve the harness and saddles used within their communities. Working with locally sourced, natural materials, our students are taught to design, manufacture and fit equipment correctly. Additionally, they can repair and maintain equipment, which is beneficial to owners unable to buy new equipment.
Upon completion of the training, our trained saddlers are able to apply their new skills and knowledge to alleviate the suffering of the working horse population, whilst earning a living for their families.
