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Actually, there is the question of reaction time.  Many's the time  
that something happened faster than I could react to it.


On Oct 20, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Mike Sherrell wrote:

> I guess if you're dumb enough you'll wrap it around your arm in such  
> a way
> that it won't slide loose if you let go of it.
>
> Signed,
>
> Soapdish.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Sherrell
> Grizzly Analytical (USA)
> www.grizzlyanalytical.com
> 707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> ] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Walker
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 2:28 PM
> To: Ridecamp
> Subject: Re: [RC] hard headed horses
>
> I have to second this.  I was taught the same thing - NEVER wrap the  
> rope
> around any part of your body - EVER.  For that matter, I don't even  
> lead a
> horse with my hand where it can get wrapped; i.e., holding a loop of  
> rope.
> Instead, I always fold the rope so my fingers are on the outside of  
> all the
> loops.  (I know a friend who is missing the last joint of her thumb  
> because
> she got it caught in a loop of lead rope).
>
> I'm not very big, and not very strong, and even an 800 lb Arab  
> outweighs me
> nearly 8 to 1.  The method I was shown was to thread the rope  
> through the
> tie ring inside the trailer, out the manger door to the outside tie  
> ring on
> the side, and then back to the handler.  The frame of the trailer  
> provides
> the friction.  However, if the horse decides to pull back with  
> everything it
> has, and that rope is wrapped around my arm, I'm going to get yanked  
> off my
> feet, and my arm is going to impact that tie ring on the outside of  
> the
> trailer.  Not good.  Amputating a thumb sounded bad enough.  I'm not  
> in the
> market for amputating my hand via blunt force trauma.
>
>
> On Oct 20, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Melissa Margetts Ms. Kitty wrote:
>
> > 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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