Girth Extender is rated
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Rated 5 out of
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dailyplanet from
I ordered two so that the girth would be even across my horses barrel. Once I was able to get a girth in the correct size, I later consigned them.
Date published: 2022-11-23
Rated 5 out of
5
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AJ M from
Essential for girthy horses!
After a poor-fitting saddle and a bout of ulcers, my horse (Blue) was extremely girthy to the point where it was unsafe to tack him up. I bought this in hopes that it would give me more "wiggle room" when doing up his girth so that I could teach him that it doesn't hurt anymore. After several weeks of work with lots of positive reinforcement (scratches and treats!) Blue is nearly cured! The first day using this tool it took almost an hour to do up his girth, and now it only takes about 5 minutes (we may have gone further if I was riding more, it's too cold this time of year unfortunately). I cannot stop singing the praises of this tool to everyone in my barn.
This is how I used the girth extender: Once it was time to do up the girth, I would use the extra length to slowly introduce different motions involved with doing up the girth without it ever actually touching his belly. As soon as Blue relaxed, he was rewarded. I would go up a hole on either side, then reward when he relaxed. Slowly it would go from visibly hanging off of his body to being slightly snug. Eventually, the extender would be really high up on the billets, meaning it was time to swap to just the girth itself. I would undo one billet at a time so that it could maintain tension while removing the girth extender. Patience is essential to this process, but so incredibly rewarding!
Date published: 2022-01-21
Rated 5 out of
5
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April from
Great quality
This is a very nice piece of tack at a great value.
Date published: 2021-10-25
Rated 5 out of
5
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Savanna from
Great Quality!
Finally sucked it up and bought a new girth for my mare (the SAME girth she already had) but I should have taken a tape measure to it first because the elastic was so stretched out it went from a 48 to a 49.5. Sooo now my new 48 won’t fit (mare is also inflates her lungs to the size of ten tennis courts when girthing) so using the girth extender is what I have to do until I can get her lunged a couple laps. It’s nice quality leather and does the job perfectly!
Date published: 2020-09-25
Rated 5 out of
5
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Judy from
Just what I Needed
I bought this girth extender when my lovely new jump girth didn’t reach my billets. It works perfectly!
Date published: 2020-01-28
Rated 5 out of
5
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darkbaysfordays from
Good Quality
I bought this girth extender hoping to be able to use my current girth on my new horse. Unfortunately, the girth extender doesn't work with anatomical girths (they lay uneven because of the length of sides). That being said, this is a fabulous Perri's brand girth extender, high quality leather and great right out of the package!
Date published: 2019-06-26
Rated 1 out of
5
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Gloria from
Broken sent back
My daughter bought this for an upcoming show when she received it it had a knife like slash in it. Sent it back.
Date published: 2017-08-21
Rated 5 out of
5
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Steph from
Love it ! No more fights !!
I have been using the girth extender when I saddle up. My mare bloats up so much that we are always in a flight to get the girth buckled, with the extender I warm her up on the ground and when I'm ready to ride and just take the extender off and buckle up.
Date published: 2017-07-14
Rated 5 out of
5
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Salina2008 from
Nice girth extender
I like this girth extender because it was inexpensive and does the job. I use it to extend my equifit jumper girth from a 50 to a 56 for my big horse
Date published: 2017-07-06
Rated 5 out of
5
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Nikki84 from
Nice leather girth extender
Very nice product for the cost and did the trick! No need to buy a new girth just to gain a few inches!
Date published: 2017-05-17