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I saw the tie-blocker in an ad and have been wondering if it might be useful on tieing a horse to a hi-tie? My horse is not a puller and I raised her from a baby so no "bad history" - I did alot of practice tieing. But she did once find the only way to get hurt on a hi-tie and get her back leg up over the rope (which I am always careful to tie so that she can just reach the ground to eat) when she turned her head back and reached a hoof forward to scratch an ear! She couldn't get her leg back and got a rope burn on her pastern. Anyway, do you think it might be a good safety measure to hook the tie blocker to the hi-tie and then the lead rope to that? Since she doesn't challenge the rope, I just would want her to be able to get some more rope in the event of another emergency...

 

Lysane

----- Original Message ----
From: heidi larson <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Dot Wiggins <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:00:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] hard headed horses?

I use it Dot, have 5 horses, one a confirmed puller.  Has never broken anything with me but then I tie with a rope halter.  I use the blocker in the trailer, tying in the stall, to the outside of the trailer.  He will still pull sometimes, only just without so much "enthusiasum" and seems to calm faster, so for his sake I just use them.  I do use a longer lead rope as he's pulled the shorty's out before.  When I saddle up on ride morning, I don't tie, I just carry the saddle in his corral and tack up, I figure it's less stress and makes him less likely to pull when he's not stressed.  None of the other horses sit back and I've tied the baby solid so hopefully he won't learn the bad habit that his "uncle" has!

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--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Dot Wiggins <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Dot Wiggins <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC] hard headed horses?
To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 5:44 AM

While the issue of difficult to tie horses is still going, I have a 
question.
Has anyone tried the "Tie Blocker" type  method on the horses that
insist on 
pulling?  Did the horse pull tilll they got clear free? How long is the 
halter rope you use?
Did the horse get better about standing tied reliably no matter what the 
situation was?

I've known a number of horses that would pull often if they broke free, but

would  stand up and quit pulling if nothing broke.   I don't remember ever 
having a horse that was completely reliable to tie once they learned they 
could break stuff.   If they didn't break loose a couple of times they
would 
be good for a while, but you always had to be careful what you tied with and 
to.

We have one now that is not afraid of anything, very bold,  just wants her 
own way.   Curious if the "slide" effect might be useful.  My
experience 
says no, but never too late to find a new way to do something.

Any comments? 


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