Well hey, stranger! Good to hear from you. How's school going? Hectic, I bet.
Yes, I can meet you sometime. Tuffy is chugging right along and is getting antsy about having to stay in a small round pen. I've been getting one of my kids or my husband to drive our golf cart while I sit in back and lead Tuffy up and down the pasture, to burn off some of his energy. We just walk but if he breaks into a trot there's no limp.
I knew you left Legacy but didn't know you were keeping your horses at your house. Sure beats boarding, huh? I like being able to watch them out the window.
I love waking up and looking out my bedroom window at my guys. It is a bit restrictive because I have to feed at appropriate times, but I love having them here. If I have to go out of town, there is a stable down the street that will board them for me at a daily rate.
I have my dressage arena all marked off out back. It is just grass but it doesn't cost me $450 a month per horse either! One of these days, I will add a real arena.
Keep going with the golf cart exercise for Tuffy. Maybe he will get skinny enough for that really nice bareback pad to fit around him!
State Line Tack's online catalog shows a girth extendor for english-style girths that adds up to 8". I also ran a search on Ebay and got several hits for auctions on the same type of product, leather girth extension. Look at item #7189286489. I have purchased tack from the vendor, Green River Tack, before and have been very pleased with the quality of the products.