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Re: [RC] how hi to tie - rides2farThose of us who have also done NATRC can tell you the proper length Personally, I don't think there's an exact proper length and would resent someone dictating one. I'll admit though that I have seen some very careless people for whom any advice would have been an improvement. Some horses never get a foot over, and then there's the ones who lift a foot when they eat or paw who will. I will tie accordingly. A trick I saw to get more slack for a pawer was to run your lead rope through the ring and then down to a weight. You can put a knot in the rope on the horse's side of the ring so the weight isn't always pulling down but you can have a foot or so between the knot and the weight that lets the horse get some extra slack to lay down etc. I still say for the pawers it's best to feed them from a bucket on the side of the trailer and a hay bag. Some just have to do things with their feet when they eat. By the way, the gate latches that consist of a horizontal ring with a hook under it work well on the side of the trailer as bucket mounts. I put them where a bucket can rest on the fender and have the handle hooked through the mount. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ============================================================ Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS! ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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