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Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 3:18
PM
Subject: [RC] Break Their Neck
Training
Am I the only one upset with this post? What is wrong here?
This person sees herself as a rescuer, but, believes that if a horse doesn't
respond to her the way he should than the horse is "dog food?" Breaking
the horse's neck is a risk she's willing to take? Is this some sort of tongue
and cheek humor I don't get?
Please, if you're serious, do not rescue any more mishandled horses. IF
you're the rescuer, who on earth was the abuser? Attila, the horse
eating Hun? For the sake of the species, all breeds, I really don't
think they need your type of help. Who trained you to train horses like
this? Was his name Radical Ralph, the Red necked Rancher & Risk
Taker (notice who is at risk here)? I do believe someone needs to poke
you in the butt with a pitch fork for being the one who is most stupid
here. Allow me. And, yes, I do find you to be quite horrible, even
with those horse treats in your hand.
cya,
Howard (somehow, I don't think she bothered with any of the John
Lyon's courses)
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yep, there is no doubt, that even by tying with precautions...horses can
set
back and break their neck. To me, though, it the most important thing
to have in
place. Having just rescued a mishandled horse that had
learned to pull back to get her
way, the first thing I was going to do
before putting ANY money into this horse was to see if we could tie her and
break her of the pulling habit.
I use a be-nice-halter, a strong rope with a bull snap, an unbreakable
tree branch high overhead, AND a tractor innertube around the branch.
Yes, the horse panicked and pulled back several times, reared, fell down,
etc. I stand ready with rake to poke in their butt (if they are too
stupid to figure out that going forward releases the pressure with the
be-nice-halter), and a knife to cut the rope if things really go bad......but
I AM willing to take that risk that the horse might break it's neck. In my
opinion, if it can't be cured, it is dog food anyway.
So new horse has
had a couple rough days....I am not a horrible person and
give praise and
lots of treats for right behavior.....but 5 days later, this horse
has
figured it out and is not pulling back. In fact, if she even thinks the
rope might tighten, she comes forward.
If the horse pulls back to
pressure....you can't pony then.....you can't tie
them in the
trailer...etc.
If breeders would teach all their babies to tie....it
would solve a LOT of
problens when the horse gets
heavier!!
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