Rug Requirements

Check your rug!  Canterpants have been designed based on certain assumptions about your rug.  In order to easily attach Canterpants to your rug with the pants, belly band and chest buckle, your rug needs to have the following:

  1. A chest strap that the Chest Buckle can clip over, or thread onto
  2. D rings or similar for doing up the leg straps at the back of the rug; and
  3. D rings or similar where the leg straps are secured to the rug

No need to buy a new rug!  If you are missing any one or more of these - we have an alternative solution for you - but you may need to get out the sewing machine; call in a favour with a friend or family member; or take it to your rug repairer.      

Placement of connection points for canterpants

Placement of Connection points

X marks the spots where connection points are used to attach Canterpants.

The front connection points are achieved with the use of the Chest Buckle and Belly Band, or alternative D ring attachments.

The front connection points are inherent in a standard rug leg strap fittings. If these do not exist, they will require an alternative D ring attachment.

See Fitting Instructions

Solutions for Rug Fittings

  • Problem 1: My rug doesn't have a standard chest strap

    The chest is the front connection point for the Front Canterpants.

    Without a standard chest strap you will not be able to use the Canterpants Chest Buckle for the front connection points.

    Here are some alternatives:

    1. You can sew one or two D rings (or similar) to the chest edge of your rug as the connection point; or
    2. You can sew a D ring (or similar) the centre of a chest bib to wear under the horse's rug.

  • Problem 2 & 3: My rug does not have D rings for the leg straps

    The leg straps are used as a connection point for the Hind Canterpants.

    If your rug doesn't have any or all of these, you will need to create connection points for all missing connection points by sewing D rings (or similar) to your rug at or near the points where the leg straps connect to the rug.
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