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[RC] hard headed horses - Melissa Margetts Ms. Kitty

about getting a hard headed horse into a trailer

Mike Sherrell wrote: "When she moves an inch, immediately take up the slack. Keep as much tension on the ropes as possible (i.e., wrap them around your forearm and lean hard) "

DAMN! I am no professional trainer, but this recommendation is one that seems like you would have to have the IQ of a soapdish to use. "Wrap the taught rope around your arm") and we are talking about horses that already have issues about getting in, bolt backwards, pull away etc. I was always taught to never, ever, ever wrap a lead rope of any kind around your hand or arm when working with livestock. Kat is right, if the rope doesn't break, your arm just might, or you might get inadvertently caught up and pulled around attached a frantic flailing horse in close quarters.

Melissa Margetts
Telluride Colorado




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