Re: RC: Need help with panicky horse

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

PLEASE DON'T USE a nylon anti pull halter in this manner.  It could
seriously harm your horse forever, causing nerve damage to the poll and
spinal damage also.  Horses should never be tied fast with this kind of
arrangement, especially one who already is panicked and pulls back. 
DON'T sack her out this way either--it will only make things worse.

Try  re-training her by tying her to a stout post or tree with a regular
halter and  large, soft cotton rope run through a slip knot loop around
her girth behind the front legs, and then bring it up between her front
legs and tie it to the tree with a quick release knot.   I like to use a
halter rope also, so I can stand there and control her head a little
better.  ALSO don't leave her alone until you have this problem under
control and always have a sharp knife handy to cut the rope if she
should throw herself or get into trouble.  

FORGET the sacking  out for now.What   you want is confidence and
obedience when she's tied up.  Worry about the rest later!  PLEASE don't
even use the nylon tied rope halters .  It can cause the same kind of
pain and lasting poll and spinal  damage.  They are fine for leading a
reluctant horse(I have also seen them cut a head even this way when the
horse pulled back) but NEVER take a chance--please--for your horse's
sake.  I have trained horses for 35 years, and would never do what was
just suggested.
Maureen

Dbeverly4@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/31/99 5:31:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> DAldr94141@aol.com writes:
> 
> << I tie her to the trailer, she for no good
>  reason, will back up, panic and break her halter and walk away. I think it's
>  the big scary 2 horse trailer she's tied to but what can I do to "cure" her
> of
>  doing this again? Anyone have any good training methods? She was ok to catch,
>  but I don't like this happening time and again. I would appreciate a >>
> 
> There is a type of halter with a nylon rope that goes over the poll of the
> horse and then through the tie ring on the halter.  I think it's called an
> anti-pull halter (Stateline Catalog has one).  Put this halter on her, tie her
> to a good, stout tree (not a dead one) with a nice strong cotton rope (use the
> safety release not) then "sack her out" -- verrrrrrry gentrly, you don't have
> to go crazy with the sack, just rub her, flap if she seems o.k., etc..
> Basically you want her to pull back.  The halter instantly causes pressure on
> the poll (apparently unpleasant to most horses) and she'll pop back up.  Do it
> once, then quit.  Try it again the next day.  When you can sack her out
> without her pulling back....THEN, tie her to the trailer (make sure she's on
> something soft) and basically see what happens from there.  Should be cured.
> I had a mare who was a big-time puller and this type of halter cured her in
> one session.  She NEVER pulled again, but that is my limited experience with
> one horse.  I've never had another puller since (about 30 years worth) so my
> puller experience is limited.  I have suggested this method to a friend who
> has FOUR horses who pull back chronically, she said that it looked too "mean"
> and wouldn't try it.  Well, to me mean is a horse pulling back, sliding under
> the trailer and cutting itself up. OR hurting somebody else in the process
> (which her horses have done).  Good luck to you!
> 
> Sylvia
> 
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