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Hello Jennifer,
Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 1:44:59 PM, you wrote:
JT> I will second the recommendation for The Leader lead rope. Actually, my
JT> old farrier, Tom Ferguson, founded the company that makes them. He used
JT> to give them to me for free when he was out trimming my mare.
JT> Anyway, my mare turned into a puller when she was about 3 years old.
JT> She spooked and snapped the hardware on a regular lead rope once and
JT> that started the habit. I started using the bungee lead rope on her,
JT> and she quickly learned that there was no escape and pulling back was
JT> useless - it kept pulling her back towards the hitching rail and would
JT> not break. I used it for about a year (out of paranoia - I probably
JT> would have been fine with only a few months) before finally switching
JT> back to a regular lead rope. She has not sat back since.
JT> Jen
nifer
JT> Bob & Amber Roberts wrote:
A belly rope tying her to a Pin Oak in the pasture.
Any other ideas?
Sallie
We had a horse that did the same thing. A "trainer" let him break loose
and it started the problem. We ended up buying a lead rope called "The
Leader" which is like a bungie cord. It doesn't give the horse anything to
pull against as it gives with the horse. It solved our problem.
Amber
I have a sister-in-law who has a horse that started to pull back at
the trailer, snap two cotton ropes in half. She bought a bungee rope
and tied her up with that, she pulled it out from the snap with one
pull. It did not work.