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Re: [RC] Smart horse? Or just foolish? - heidi sowardsI also hate crossties, won't use'em!! Seen and heard about too many injuries. My gelding is not a good tier. Pulls back. Has never broke anything, but panics and sits back pretty hard. I have a Tie-blocker (actually I have 3 of them.) One for in the trailer, one to tie on the trailer and an extra. They are fabulous!!! The maker was at the PNER convention 2 years ago and now tours with Clinton Anderson. I have to say it is the best thing since sliced bread. I recently went to the Foothills ride and had to tie to the trailer all night. Ash did fine. It keeps him from panicking, he can pull back, get a little slack and then he relaxes. First time I used it, he pulled back until he got about 4' of rope free. Second time, about 2 feet, now he might pull and get 1/2 foot, but that's enough to calm him. Probably could be called a gimmick, but in Ash's case I don't mind using it. They can be used just about anywhere and although they do suggest using them for crossties, I still don't use them that way. They are REALLY great at calming a horse that feels claustrophobic though!!! They run about $20.00 each + shipping, but check on Ebay, as you can get them for $20.00 total sometimes. As a sidenote, if your horse falls in the trailer, the Tie-blocker gives enough slack that your horse can get himself back up and not hang himself. Another plus!!! heidi --- Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx> wrote: Nothing 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 barnthat used to bereasonable on the crossties. A week ago, she reared,hit her head onthe ceiling and flipped backwards. Since then she'sbeen difficult tocrosstie, lead, or single tie. They've tied her to animmovablebreeding fence for three days now and she's still notlearning tostand calmly. Instead, she's short circuiting (can'tblame her) andjust abusing herself. I feel bad for her. I searchedthe archivesand found that someone advocates a belly rope. I don'tquiteunderstand how to "rig" it and was hoping someone couldexplain it indepth. I feel so bad for this four year old mare, andI don't want tosee her break her neck. Currently she's tied with anaturalhorsemanship halter to the breeding fence for aboutthree hours at atime. This fence is most definetly immovable (very,very sturdy).I think the belly rope goes through the halter, underthe leg (or isit over the back), and back out through the halter andthen tied tothe 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ===== Heidi-aerc#M20935 /\_/\~ http://www.synjinarts.com ~~/~~ \\~~~~ (Wildlife/Western & Equine / O> ) \~~~~~ Art) / __/ \~~~~~~ (_@_/ | \~~~~ | \~~~~~~ | \~~~~ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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