Re: Re: Pulling Back

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

You are so right. Easy to get into trouble following advice that sounds
good. I sent this post to a friend who wrote back to tell me:

"I had also used a belly rope many many years ago with terrible
consequences.
The horse in question pulled back, sat down with  all it's weight pulling at
the rope . The rope got so tight that the horse fell over, passed out
(really) and started bleeding through it's nose. The knot had become so
tight that I couldn't get it undone and had to run a long way to the house
for something to cut it with. Never again !!!!!"

----- Original Message -----
From: Teddy Lancaster <teddy@runningbear.com>
To: Karen Sullivan <greymare@jps.net>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Pulling Back


> Tied properly with not too much rope, this would be impossible.
>
> Too many "experts" out there and not enough experience CAN kill a horse...
>
> Teddy
>
> Karen Sullivan wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Teddy Lancaster [SMTP: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
> >
> > [Karen Sullivan]  Teddy, do you think this method is better us use on
babies?  Reason I ask, someone I know send a horse that repeatedly pulled
back to a trailer to break it of the habit.  Trainer used the belly-rope
through the halter trick and sure enough, horse threw itself back and broke
it's neck.
>
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