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Re: Fwd: re:fighting horses
Yes, it is a personal choice. As a responsible horse owner, I handle my horses EVERY day. And I know every inch of their bodies. If a halter was causing a problem, I would know it because the halters are removed when they are brought into the stall at night. I use either all leather or breakaways. They break when stressed because I've seen it happen. I go through about 3 halters a season. I haven't broken one yet in turn out. They are all broken because a tied horses (either to a hitching post or in cross ties) panics, pulls back and bam, the halter breaks. A halter becoming too tight because the horse has outgrown it means that the owner was not paying proper attention to the horse. I live in the northeast and there are as many horses turned out with halters as not. It doesn't matter where it is: the local dude ranch all the way to the fanciest dressage barn. I have a friend in Nevada who has halters on his horses all of the time.
>Maybe turning the stall bound horse by himself in the turnout is
a "personal choice".
I have no idea what you meant by the statement above.
Carolyn
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy Mayeda
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 7:02 PM
To: Carolyn Burgess; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RE: Fwd: re:fighting horses
Turning a horse out into pasture with a halter is NOT a good idea.
I don't think it's a personal choice issue - I do not know a single
person wherever I boarded turn out a horse with a halter. Yes, there
are escapees, but if they can't be caught there is a serious training
issue happening anyway.
Actually, the breeder of my horses leaves halters on babies sometimes
because of this issue. This was not a good thing for my horse,
because he actually outgrew the halter while it was still left on him!
I didn't own him at the time, but I distinctly remember him being
left by himself in a pen in the back as a 2 yo because he was still intact.
Bening neglect.
Maybe turning the stall bound horse by himself in the turnout is
a "personal choice".
K.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Burgess [mailto:carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 3:24 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Fwd: re:fighting horses
>Now, there's two schools of thought on that issue:
>
>Don't turn them out with halters, they can get caught on stuff and they
can
>break their necks
>or
>Turn them out with their halters, it is the only way to catch them if
they
>get out.
>
>Personally, I don't like to turn them out with halters on, but I can
>imagine
>someone writing in and saying that if they hadn't turned their horses
out
>with halters on, they would never have been able to catch them when
they
>escaped from the paddock or pasture (it happens, even to the most
>conscientious owner). On this issue, I don't believe there is a right
or a
>wrong, just a personal choice.
>
>Carolyn Burgess
>
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> >Horses should never be turned out with their halters on.
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