Re: RC: CTR (use your delete key if you're sick of this)

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/99 11:27:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Teddy@runningbear.com writes:

<< Horseshit...where have you been riding?  If the rope is too long, the 
horse will
 get tangled in it and get hurt.  If it is too short, he can't put his head 
down
 or lie down. >>

But if it is just right, and he has been properly TRAINED to tie, he can eat, 
drink, lie down, roll, etc.  Training is the key here--IMO, no horse should 
even BE in public until he has had sufficient training to a rope that he 
knows better than to fight if he should become tangled.  (And yes, I've 
broken my own rule a few times, too...)  But there is NO substitute for 
education here, and it is beneficial to have a horse educated to a rope in 
the event that you should happen to ride into wire or any other sort of 
hazard that confines his feet or legs unexpectedly.  Been there, done that, 
and thanks to training, have come away with unmarked and uninjured horses...

Heidi


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