Myth Busting and Fallacies

Much of what is shared on the internet about western saddle fit is just not correct. Some of it comes from English saddles and honestly does not apply to western saddles. Some of it comes from incorrect anatomy or biomechanics. These posts are to help people understand the “actual facts” about the incorrect information that abounds.

English versus Western “rules”

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/saddle-fit-western-compared-to-english-part-1/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/saddle-fit-western-compared-to-english-part-2/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/saddle-fit-western-compared-to-english-part-3/

Other myths and fallacies

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-of-weight-on-the-horse-s-back-part-1/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-of-weight-on-the-horses-back-part-2/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/yup-riding-a-horse-does-make-his-back-extend/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/of-sagging-backs-and-tickling-tummies/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/false-saddle-fit-rules-regarding-the-shoulder-blades/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/rethinking-saddle-fit-and-shoulder-blade-movement/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/can-the-loin-of-the-horse-carry-weight/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/all-western-saddles-extend-over-the-loin/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/myth-busting-cranial-nerve-11-and-saddle-fit/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/myth-busting-external-abdominal-vein/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/cinches-what-more-i-have-learned/