Pulling Back

[Teddy Lancaster <teddy@runningbear.com>]

I found a good way to help teach a horse NOT to pull back.  I use a belly
rope...long enough to go around belly, up thru halter and then tie.  When the
horse pulls back, the pressure is on his body, not head and neck.  You will be
surprise how quickly they step forward and away from the pressure.

Teddy

"Snodgrass, Bonnie" wrote:

> I've seen horses hurt themselves by pulling back in every imaginable
> situation. Yes, saw one big QTR mare snap her neck at my feet when she
> flipped over backwards when being led by the reins. The best bet is to teach
> horses not to pull back, to step forward from pressure, not to fight it.
> Easy to teach to most average intelligence horses. Harder IMO to teach to
> "slow" horses who's brains seem to turn off when something scares them. That
> QTR mare was one of them. My ex-boss wouldn't let me teach her by my method.
> She believed in the "tie em up with what won't break" method. I saw the mare
> repeated fight with heavy nylon halters and ropes. Saw her bend a stout 5"
> pipe used as a tie post way over, straining her neck muscles in the process.
> Then she killed herself a week later with the boss/owner holding the reins.
> Talk about a real convincing argument for trying a different method! All my
> horses are taught to tie reliably but safely too.
>
> Bonnie Snodgrass
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com [mailto:CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:30 AM
> To: cberto@juno.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Those new-fangled halters w/no hardware
>
> 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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