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RE: [RC] securing horses ! - heidiIME, one of the other major benefits of using hobbling as a foundation for teaching peaceful, long-term tying is that should a tangling emergency arise the horse just relaxes into it and stands quietly. Please note that I prefaced this statement by saying that this has been my experience with our horses...very hotbolooded, sensitive horses. It doesn't seem to matter whether it is a front or rear leg situation for some reason, but our horses just stand there or quietly work it out. Oh, one caveat that I did not mention is that I only begin the hobble breaking process on horses that are at least 24 months old. I consider the bones to be too soft on horses less than 24 months to mess with in any way. I meant to reply to Dennis's earlier post on hobbling--just wanted to say that Dennis is right on the mark about this. Hobbling is a wonderful education for horses, and really is something from which all endurance horses would benefit. Not only does it teach horses to be quiet when tied, and to not fret if they should become tangled, but it can also save your neck out on the trail. I've had the experience of riding into wire hidden in grass three or four different times, but always on horses broke to hobble--and they just stop. I'd definitely second Dennis's recommendation about hobble training as part of the basic foundation. Far too many endurance horses are highly conditioned, but really not "trained" much at all. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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