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RE: [RC] [RC] Rump ropes/.loading - terry banisterThat's for sure! My well-meaning friend and her farrier tried that on my previous horse, and they didn't stop until my horse reared and sliced his face open on a metal lip at the top of the Logan trailer and got his legs hung up over top of the wind doors and bent the doors and tore open his front legs. They did this to him by using a butt rope and winching his lead line through the front window. They stuck ME with the $1,000 vet bill.
Terry >From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx >To: ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx >CC: GarnerT@xxxxxxx,Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [RC] Rump ropes/.loading >Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:43:15 -0400 > > > >I'm glad to see I'm not the only person left who loves a rump rope. The >number one mistake I see people make when using a rump rope is pulling on >the horse's head at the same time. When you try to pull a horse forward, >he pulls back. > >I have a rope to the horse's halter, run through the loop at the front >and back to a person, but that is only to point his head forward. I never >allow any pressure on that rope and if he runs backwards I go with him. I >tie a long soft rope to the tie ring on the side of my trailer, take it >between the door & the trailer (by the hinges) so it's not pulling the >door towards him, then go around the horse's butt, then up around the >divider bar and back to my hand. > >The second mistake people make is never giving the horse any relief from >p ressure. I tighten the rope little by little but when he goes forward I >do not tighten it back up right away. I want him to get the reward of no >pressure. Then I ask him to go forward and slowly tighten the rope up >some more. I had always pictured a rump rope being a disaster of freaked >out horse & rope burns but when I tried it it just worked. The horse >understands moving away from pressure and the trailer is a place to get >away from it, not a place he's being dragged into. > >As to the getting out thing. Right now I'm training my new horse, Weedy >to back out. He was trailer broke in a stock trailer and thinks he has to >turn around. I'm not letting him get all the way in the 2 horse for fear >he'll be permanently stuck. I'm letting him step in to get a bite of food >but then he has to get back out. Hopefully next time he's all the way in >it will occur to him to back up instead of attempt to freak and spin. :-P > >Angie, Ridin' Rock with Weedy on deck, and Kaboot bossing the m all >around the field. > >Not the quarry but the chase. Not the trophy but the race. > > >________________________________________________________________ >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! > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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