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[RC] horses that pull back - Jonni JewellIt is VERY difficult for a horse who is tied overhead to set back against a rope and pull. When teaching horses to tie, we always tied them up high. When you tie a horse at chest level (or below) then they can really set back, into that rope and put their weight against it. If you get a horse that has learned to pull back, and break ropes, halters etc., you can often teach them to tie, by doing so with a strong overhead tree limb or such, and a nice stout rope and halter. Once they learn the can break things, many will keep pulling back when tied. But being tied where they can not lean back against the rope (and where the rope or halter does not break), many learn that they can stand tied and deal with it. Jonni ============================================================ REAL endurance is taking your non-horsey family to a ridecamp with you! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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