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>Regarding miles--due to a trailer accident my horse David cut his nose
>severely--right at the spot the halter lays across. There was no way we
were
>going to be able to trailer him after that--but fortunatly the camp were at
>was "only" 15 miles from my home. I ride with an egg-butt snaffle, but my
>bridle is western style with no noseband--right after the accident I had
put
>David's bridle back on so that nothing was touching the laceration on his
>nose. I keep myself in shape--I'll lead him home. (He had just had the
most
>strenuous ride of the season so far--and up and down hills, which he isn't
>used too--plus the blow up at hte trailer--he was tuckered, I didnt think
it
>fair to ride him another 15 miles--)
Question: why didn't you just trailer him home without any headstall? I
never
tie Kahlil when he's in the trailer -- a method that may have saved his life
when we had the wreck with the trailer rolling over (he flipped completely
over
inside the trailer, but emerged with only superficial injuries) >>
Would have loved to Joe--save me a 31/2 hour walk, but alas, David's training
has not yet progressed to the point where I could have gotten him IN the
trrailer without putting his halter on! The laceration occurred in a blow up
while David was trying to get out of the trailer after having gone half-way
in--my friends trailer is a tiny, 2-horse one, David is much more accustomed
to big, wide, slant-loads---niether love, money, nor common sense was going
to convince David to go anywhere near that creepy little two horse
afterwards--
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