Re: RC: Those new-fangled halters w/no hardware

[Teddy Lancaster <teddy@runningbear.com>]

Even better, how about teaching your horse  NOT to pull back.  Do it young
enough and it isn't even an option.......

Teddy

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/18/99 10:50:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> cberto@juno.com writes:
>
> <<  This is what happened to a friend of mine:   she used her
>  cord-and-knot, no-hardware halter/w long leadline to tie her Arab to a
>  washrack.   Something spooked him and because there was no hardware to
>  break and no panic snap in use, he took out the posts and demolished the
>  whole rack before the ruckus ceased.   Those halters surely have their
>  place in our world but remember that, because of their strength, you lose
>  a considerable safety factor when used inappropriately.  >>
>
> If you've ever seen a horse set back, break a halter, fall over and fracture
> his poll, and then die, I'm not sure you'd consider breaking a safety
> feature.  Whatever happened to the very basic safety rule of ONLY tying
> horses to objects that are immovable and solid enough not to come apart?
>
> Heidi
>
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