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I have a horse who is 30 years old.
When I broke her as a 2 year old; as part of my training.....I taught her
how to stand with hobbles after desensitizing her to ropes. I have ridden
her many times since then, but never used hobbles on her again. Early this
morning, my neighbor informed me that Natchez was in trouble and was standing in
one place continuously neighing. I went to see what was wrong and she was
very tangled in a huge grape vine. That hobble training of so long ago
paid off. She stood waiting for "Mama" to come to the rescue. My
neighbor was helpful in that he also supplied me with a saw and nippers used for
pruning. My point in writing this is that all horses should have hobble
training. It will help keep them from panicking when caught in a wire,
branches or vines. While freeing her, I was real glad for that hobble
training of so long ago while she patiently waited for me to cut the vines
so that she could join her equine friends who were some distance away. I
was most pleased to see her trot off soundly.
Betty DeMar Mueller, Equine
Artist
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