{"id":38120,"date":"2026-02-16T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balotade.com\/no-more-rubbing-fleece-halter-saves-sensitive-head-skin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:25:47","slug":"no-more-rubbing-fleece-halter-saves-sensitive-head-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balotade.com\/en\/no-more-rubbing-fleece-halter-saves-sensitive-head-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Rubbing! How a Fleece Halter Saves Sensitive Head Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every horse owner knows this sight and that pang in the heart: you come to the stable, take off the halter<\/a>, and on the nose or behind the ears you see worn-off hair, bald patches, and in the worst case \u2013 an open wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halter rubbing is not only an aesthetic problem (“how are we going to a competition?”). It is, above all, pain and discomfort that makes the horse start to associate putting on equipment with something unpleasant. Why is ordinary nylon sometimes so merciless to a horse’s skin and how can a fleece halter change that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Why does a halter rub? The “grater effect”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To understand how fleece works, we first have to understand the enemy. An ordinary webbing or leather halter (without a lining) has stiff edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we add to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n