Re: [RC] anti-trailer kicking device - Barbara McCrary
I once owned a pawing horse and I tried the
bit about dangling pieces of lumber.....short pieces of 2x6, I think they were,
and it didn't even faze him for a second. Maybe some horses will
respond, but mine didn't. And he wasn't in a trailer, he was standing tied
to a hitching rail. He had to have been one of the less satisfactory
horses I ever had the misfortune of owning. He was a blithering idiot
about pretty much everything.
An old-timer
trainer in our area uses something similar to this....he smiply attaches a
length of chain to the strap above the knee, so every time the horse paws, the
chain slaps the leg. He doesn't use the rope over the back, but I can
see how this would be useful if you're not there watching the entire time.
What if the horse is kicking with it's back legs though?
Kathy
One piece of
clotheline about 10 feet long(looped over the= horse's back),tied to
two dog collars (put on above the= knees),two pieces of WIDE leather
strap about 10 inches= long(going down the shin from the dog
collar),and two pieces of= scrap 2x4 about 8 inches long(90 degrees
from the strap/horse's= shin). THWACK! You'll need four wood screws
and four rivets.
