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

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/19/99 4:01:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil writes:

<< 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. >>

You make a good point that horses need to be TAUGHT to tie.  Even in that 
scenario, whether you use an old inner tube or a bungie or a body rope or 
whatever, you still tie them in a manner that they can't get loose.

I didn't clarify it in my previous post, but I was referring to horses that 
already know better.  Even those can be startled into setting back from time 
to time given sufficient provocation, so even the educated ones need to be 
tied to something that WON'T come apart with something that WON'T break.  
Yes, if they are taught to tie they will eventually "give" to the pressure 
and quit--but if a fitting on a halter breaks as soon as they hit it and they 
flip over and die, they don't exactly have that opportunity.  Furthermore, if 
they set back and detach a rail or some other item and are now LOOSE and 
frightened with a monster tied to their heads, they can also injure 
themselves badly.

Heidi


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