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[RC] Hobbles - Tamara TaylorHi RC, Thanks for all of the GREAT responses and support to everyone helping me to get started. I've been thinking about my fencing system options since my husband and I are starving students. I've read lots of posts regarding corrals vs electric fence vs tying to the trailer, etc. One question I have is does anyone hobble? There has been lots of horror stories of loose horses racing through camp destroying everything in their path and getting terribly hurt. I have close friends that run a pack outfit in the mountains. They have around 70 horses and run trail rides and guide hunters. They camp 6 months of the year in the mountains with their horses and NO fences. All of their horses are hobble trained. At the end of the day the horses are turned out loose and hobbled where they can graze at their leisure. In the morning they call the lead mare (wearing a bell) and the herd does a modified canter (moving front feet together) into camp. I also remember back to 4-H. One of the first lessons we taught our colts was to hobble. Our instructor explained that hobble training was a useful skill and would teach the horses to stand rather than struggle if they were ever tangled in a rope, fence, wire, etc. That being said, why don't more people hobble? Wouldn't it be safer for the horses and people at camp? Wouldn't it help 'slow' some of the horses from escaping their enclosures and racing around the camp? I don't mean they should be loose in camp, but for the horses that are fenced in. They could still graze and lie down. Tamara =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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