After training we recommend that you keep using a cotton rope halter. Once they have learned the basics we take them out on trails, as well as paved and gravel roads. We teach them to cross bridges, creeks, water and ditches. Then we advance to teaching them to ride along roads that have cars, trucks and traffic noise. We decided to do a little research and came up with the history and correct pronunciation.
Chaps are leather leggings worn over blue jeans.
Ralph Lauren paid homage to the cowboy in the late 1970's when he named his mens cologne after these twelve-hour leggings. But he taught a whole generation of urban cowboys to mispronounce chaps. Brush scratches, saddle sores, and bites from nasty horses were a big problem for Mexican vaqueros until they used a little ingenuity. They covered their saddles with cowhides, sat in the middle, and folded them over their pants to protect their legs. It did the trick but it took so long for the rider to get tucked in that he couldn't make a fast getaway.