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RE: [RC] Methods to teach a horse to tie well - Smith, Dave

When I first got my mustang, Hermano, he didn't like being tied.  Early
on, he pulled back and broke loose.  From that point on, he pulled back
every time he was tied (he was a very spooky horse at the time and just
about anything frightened him).  I was afraid that he would hurt his
neck if I tied him to a corral post or the side of the trailer.  So I
got an old car-tire inner tube and hooked it over the top of the fence
post and tied him to that using a rope or cowboy halter that won't break
like a web halter might.  Then when he pulled, there was a gradual
increase of pressure.  The more he pulled the more the pressure.  He
soon learned that by not pulling there wouldn't be any pressure. I used
a smaller diameter motorcycle inner tube for tying to the trailer or
along the trail.  I used these inner tubes every time I tied him for
about a month.  I haven't had to use them since.  I don't know how other
people do it, but this worked well for me.

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Casemier
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:10 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Methods to teach a horse to tie well

What are appropriate, safe methods to teach a horse to tie well (and I
don't 
believe that tying a known fighter/puller and leaving it be to "fight it

out" is really "training")? We've had similar discussions before, and
people 
talk about horses being correctly trained to tie and stand quietly, but
most 
people don't go into detail about HOW to do this.

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