Re: RC: Collars on horses

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Michelle,
An added bit on my last post to you.  If the horse doesn't lead well with a
collar (though once they get used to them they adapt very well), just take the
lead rope, run it over the nose, around itself and back through the collar and
you have an impromptu halter.
Mickie

MBlanchrd@aol.com wrote:

> Hi, Campers,
>
> Forgive me for a stupid question, but regarding collars for horses...I like
> the idea, and I have a grooming collar for Jordan that I use when I'm
> grooming him in cross ties (which is never, these days..he just stands and
> lets me do whatever I want with him.). When he wears it, if he puts his head
> down, the collar slides up his neck and stops at the throat. Is this okay? I
> never leave it on him, because I'm afraid that if, while he's grazing, he
> could, conceivably, put a hoof through the loose collar as it's dangling
> around his throat. I also think that, again, conceivably, he could step on
> the collar and pull his head out of it.
> Am I missing the point, then? Are the collars supposed to be tight, or go
> around the throat? Someone please tell me the proper use of a collar.
> Plus I find that they don't give me the control of his head that I want on
> the few occasions when I do halter him.
> I said they were dumb questions,..
>
> Michelle
>
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