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

["Joan Ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

Been there done that more than once, don't we ever learn.  Even though it
was 20 years apart.

Good strong limbs break off occasionally and do an impressive job of chasing
your horse.

And that reminds me of another NO NO  Don't load a bicycle in the spare side
of the 2 horse trailer.
-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>; cberto@juno.com
<cberto@juno.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:45 AM
Subject: RC: RE: Those new-fangled halters w/no hardware


>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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