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Good for you Jim. But you are taking this issue totally out of context.
In this case, Beau wasn’t pulling back on tied rope. The mare busted it when she ran between him and the tie rack.
He just lifted his head up to look which provided the opening for the mare to charge through. He was perfectly calm
and just went back to eating.
I’m not a believer in breakaway stuff, either. I tie Beau to the trailer overnight at rides, so he doesn’t have an issue with tying.
The horses that seem to have the most problems with tying are the ones that have “gotten away” and have become habitual escape
artists. Drako was like that, but I tied him without letting him get away, but in a fashion that he didn’t hurt himself.
Once he figured out that he couldn’t escape by pulling, he quit pulling back. If he was “velcroed” he would have
just been a habitual puller because he would be able to escape by pulling.
Don’t be so quick to assume that people have training problems Jim. You’re inventing stuff that just isn’t there.
Sometimes just plain common sense is good enough and you don’t need any “natural horsemanship” whiz
bang stuff, although Beau WAS taught to yield to pressure.
K.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Holland [mailto:lanconn@tds.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:12 PM
To: Kathy Mayeda
Cc: rno2m@virginia.edu; Ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Re: RC: Brass hardware
> Kathy Mayeda wrote:
> The brass snap was broken in two. Yes, it does break, no question
> about it. I also had a brass clip break off a halter bridle
> combination when I was stupid enough to have him tied with just the
> throatlatch attached.
Hmmmm....seems to me shouldn't matter what you tie your horse with. If
you have taught him to drop his head with pressure on the poll, drop his
head with pressure on the lead, drop his head with a rein cue, then he
won't pull back under any circumstances. You can tie him with a string
or rubber bands or dental floss. Taught Sunny that two days after I
bought him. Has NEVER pulled back and broke anything in 6 years...no
matter how spooked he was. (He spooked big time when he was young) He
may jump up and down, and dance, but doesn't challenge the tie. Don't
need runing martingales, tie downs, etc., either That's all bandaids.
I guess if you haven't done this or your horse still pulls on the tie
and you need "break away", then try VELCRO. They make those stupid
things for trailer ties now. I guess you could make a lead line out of
them as well.
Jim and Sun of Dimanche
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> K.
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