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Alison:

Yep, that thing you read about running a belly rope through the halter to 
tie a horse works, and works great. Keeps a puller from getting purchase and 
from trying to rear over backwards. They might sit down, but they get right 
back up. As long as your hitch rack is solid enough/built well that they 
can't get over or under, and your rope/halter/hardware is good, that horse 
will eventually stand tied. But the smart ones soon learn to stand when 
there's a belly rope, so that's just the first lesson.

Got to get them to respect a halter and tie, and the only way to do it is 
keep tying them. Hours and hours of standing tied, preferably to stout posts 
or hitch racks in different places, with and without a hay bag, at home and 
away, with and without other horses and distractions around. Just something 
that doesn't get done much anymore.

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