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Well, you obviously live and ride in the land of trees.  :-)  We have  
few trees at our high desert ridecamps, and in our chaparral/oak  
woodlands it would not be cool to have 150 people tying high lines to  
them or trampling their root area.  In some camps it's flat out  
forbidden.

I think horses can get into trouble no matter how they're  
restrained.  Nothing is ideal, like most things about horsekeeping,  
learning what is out there, evaluating the risks and making the best  
decision on the part of your horses is the best we can do.

I've never had trouble with my own in the portable pen, but a  
friend's horse freaked out in it pre-ride once and tried  
unsuccessfully to jump it, resulting in a laceration to her armpit,  
which the friend didn't find until the completion check; tough mare.   
We were gone on the 50 and she was waiting for the LD start, left our  
camp to do something/can't remember, leaving the mare saddled,  
bridled and unrestrained in the pen.  An example of a bad choice, I  
would not blame the pen for that.

Lynne






On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Ridecamp Guest wrote:

> Please Reply to: kate kate.kearby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or  
> ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> almost anyone can afford a hi line teather, i've got enough stuff  
> in my trailer for about 4 sets, 8 horses worth, just from gathering  
> stuff.  old western girths and buckles, old halter rings, some real  
> carabiners and any 3/8 or bigger 50 foot length of rope, a ratchet  
> tie down strap to tighten it up is handy.  so for $10 i've got a  
> nice safe tieing method for 2 horses to me beats the heck out of  
> hundreds of dollars that can be used for fuel and entry fees....   
> all our tie nice to the trailer too and will stand side by side  
> well, comes in handy when the wind is blowing and it's raining and  
> you can put them out of the wind.  ...  been to many horse camps  
> using tie methods, including double tie of stallions, seen a single  
> loose horse now and then, but just one loose horse usually just  
> hangs out when it can't get a bunch to fly around with them.....   
> glad i don't have to mess with pens, more i hear about them the  
> more dangerous they sound.

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