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Re: [RC] Smart horse? Or just foolish? - Jim HollandNothing personal,but I'm somewhat appalled by this whole approach. In the first place, IMHO, crossties are an abomination and should be considered abuse. Reasonable on the crossties? Would you like it if someone tied your head up so you couldn't move it? Couldn't see what was going on around you, or even stretch your neck? Would YOU be relaxed? The horse is a prey animal, who is constantly on the alert for predators....this is an ingrained trait. Of COURSE, they don't like that...and will panic when something radically scary happens and they can't SEE! The "FEET" are the key....if their feet don't move, neither will the horse. You control a horse with what is between his ears, not what is on his head. The "belly rope" will probably make it worse, IMO, possibly leading to serious injury. This horse needs ground training using Natural Horsemanship to teach her to relax, give to pressure, and stand quietly. The crossties have created a problem that will take many hours/days of patient training to overcome. Sadly, many people resort to "gimmicks" to compensate for being unwilling to take the time to train their horses. <sigh> Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic "T.B.Pots" wrote: Can anyone help? There is a paint horse at the barn that used to be reasonable on the crossties. A week ago, she reared, hit her head on the ceiling and flipped backwards. Since then she's been difficult to crosstie, lead, or single tie. They've tied her to an immovable breeding fence for three days now and she's still not learning to stand calmly. Instead, she's short circuiting (can't blame her) and just abusing herself. I feel bad for her. I searched the archives and found that someone advocates a belly rope. I don't quite understand how to "rig" it and was hoping someone could explain it in depth. I feel so bad for this four year old mare, and I don't want to see her break her neck. Currently she's tied with a natural horsemanship halter to the breeding fence for about three hours at a time. This fence is most definetly immovable (very, very sturdy). I think the belly rope goes through the halter, under the leg (or is it over the back), and back out through the halter and then tied to the fence. Is that correct? Thanks in advance! Tracy -- Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706) 258-2830 FAX (706) 632-1271 AR KI4BEN =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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