Re: Re: Backing out of slant's

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drin & Jim Becker" <rainbow@montana.com>


> ">
> Suzanne, what works for me is to never allow the horse to back out.  In
the
> slants and stock trailers, there is pleanty of room for the horse to turn
> around.  Mine are trained to wait quietly while I untie or unsnap them,
> then "
>
> Sorry but you are wrong in this statement , there is not room to turn a
> horse around in a two horse slant with the rear tack .No way in the last
> slot and only if it were a pony in the front slot because of the divider .
>
This was exactly my other point-those slants with back tacks and dividers
are
DANGEROUS.  I have seen and heard of people getting squished in that narrow
space.  Other problem I see all this time with those is not enough
ventillation.

Karen