Re: Re: Halters on Horses - fairly long

["Laura Hayes" <mark@madbbs.com>]

How about replacing the buckles with velcro??  If they got caught on
anything, they would come undone, yet it satisfies the 'halter police'

Laura Hayes

> Kathy Brunjes brunjesk@cmhc.org
I became a tad incredulous when we
> were told by the animal control officer that it was a State of Maine LAW
> that horses had to have halters on ALL THE TIME...I (being the polite
> person I am) insisted on seeing that in writing, and shazzam! he produced
> it in writing - sure enough, in the State of Maine, there is a law that
> dates back to the early 1800s that farm animals AND horses must have/wear
> halters at "all times" .  So, we were given a written warning and our
> horses were put on probation - stay in the pasture for 30 days or else Mom
> and Dad get a nice hefty fine - and if the horses are found without
> halters in the future, an automatic fine.  Well.
>
> What a dilemma - all the horses (at least during their probation period)
> are wearing halters, and I am having heart failure every day wondering if
> someone is getting hooked on something, breaking their neck, etc....should
> I mention here that the reason why my horses don't wear (or didn't wear)
> halters is that good old Ali has a habit of getting into the most unusual
> predicaments, and one day I came home during hunting season (when I put
> bright orange bands on their necks and USED to use red rope halters) and
> found the ceramic bathtub we use for water hauled out 20 feet into the
> pasture, just sitting there, still with water in it, with Ali's rope
> halter hanging off the sawed off spigot...ok, so he pulled a full-sized
> bathtub with water in it when he got hooked.  And another time, before I
> got smart enough to STOP using halters, I came home to find Ali's halter
> laying (broken) next to the water hydrant in the overhang, where he
> evidently was rubbing his ears and got it caught on the handle of the
> hydrant.
>
> As I said, this is long - but the issue with wearing halters out in the
> pasture is pretty serious.  And I hope to get our State law changed to
> protect our horses.
>
> Kathy Brunjes (in Maine, with five delinquents who are currently serving
> out their 30 day sentences)
>
>
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