Ridecamp: Re: [RC] electric fences

The scariest incident I have ever seen was when a horse tied to a 
trailer with enough rope to be able to have some movement, lay down, 
etc. managed to somehow get down and get it's leg under the trailer. If 
he had panicked and scrambled up he would have snapped his leg. A horse 
is too big to grab and pull out. It was on a horse camping trip by a 
riding club. I just happened to be parked for a day ride where they were 
camping when I saw it.

Fortunately the owner saw this kept, the horse calm till some 
tranquilizer could be given the horse and the trailer hooked up and 
moved. The way the horse was situated there was no other option. The 
good news was a) the horse stated calm of course the tranquilizer helped 
- it was a QH and b) someone was carrying some Ace with them and knew 
how to give it.

At that point I got arms made for my trailer so if I do have to tie to 
the trailer I can get the tie point out away from the trailer. Yes this 
is a very low probability event, but if it does happen it could end up 
in a tragedy.

There is no fool proof way to restrain a horse at an event. Good common 
sense in the use of whatever method we choose is the best tool we have.

Truman

Mickie Newnam wrote:

> Howard,
> I don't do hundreds, and I can't vouch for the horses you've seen.  
> But if trained to tie properly, a horse can move a lot tied to the 
> trailer! I tie my gelding long enough he can lay down and roll if he 
> wants (and he does); he has always automatically assumed that if he 
> gets a rope where it doesn't belong it's my job to fix it.  Thank God 
> for that!  But he actually has more freedom of movement than some 
> horses I've seen in panel corrals.  They may be able to turn 360 
> degrees, but can't move nearly the range he can.  My gelding can trot 
> 2-3 strides each direction, and even canter one -- just watch him 
> sometime when his buddies leave...  Rollbacks and a whole slew of 
> amazing maneuvers!  I've never used a portable corral and can't see 
> trying it with him since he has a high pain tolerance.  He respects 
> the wire for the most part, but also knows it only zaps for a minute, 
> and I've seen too many loose horses at rides.   He relaxes very nicely 
> on his tie -- I prefer to picket for even more room to move but can't 
> always -- and keeps himself limbered up watching what everyone else is 
> doing.  And I do hand walk him as well.
> Mickie (OH)
>
> Howard Bramhall wrote:
>
> > I've seen hundred mile horses tied up to their horse trailer the 
> > entire weekend before and after the ride.  I'm sorry, but this 
> > bothers me a great deal, I don't care who the owner/rider is.  The 
> > horse doesn't get a chance to move around at all except during the 
> > ride.  Some of you may be convinced that this is not a cruel thing to 
> > do and the safety value of it all is what's most important; I disagree.
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