Re: [RC] [RC-Digest] Vol: 03.2746 Tying to the trailer, etc - Chipnml
As always, I think it depends on the individual horse. I had one that
would pull back during storms, and occasionally break the halter. I never
quite trusted him in a pen, figuring he might panic and go through it.
Since it was alway the hardware that broke on the halter, I switched to a rope
halter, and used a tie (I think I got it from Libertyville) that had a bungee in
just one part, so it had some give, but wouldn't stretch too much. I also
tied him fairly short, since he was the type who would freak out if he got a leg
over the rope. When I first got Cheers, I was pretty careful about tying
him, but one day I watched him put his leg over the rope, and he calmly figured
out how to correct himself. He would lie down while tied, but my other
horse wouldn't. In the last 4 or 5 years I use a pen (step-in posts and
wide electric tape, with a charger that runs on 4 D-cells), and he's just
fine. I consider myself very lucky to have such an easy horse (at least in
camp ;-)), and, now that I'm considering a new horse, I just hope it will
have as much common sense as Cheers ended up having!
Chip and Cheers (the "been-there-done-that"
horse)
