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> I have read a number of posts pointing out that if you tie you have 
> to put your horses on the opposite sides of the trailer.  This 
> revelation has been couched in terms the implication of which are 
> that somehow the horses will be upset because they cannot see their 
> buddies.
>
> I'm confused.
>
> I mean, we are talking horses here, right?  Animals which hear 
> better than humans, have better olfactory senses than humans, 
> like...  they can catch the scent/sound of a bear or coyote or 
> mountain lion at well over 1/2 mile while their riders say asinine 
> things like, "Stop being so silly.  There's nothing there"... so why 
> would a horse think his buddy had disappeared just because he was 5 
> feet away on the other side of a lousy trailer?

Mine never got upset and they always had to be on opposite sides of 
the trailer since the trailer is only a two horse.

I camp with a ladies group where most of the horses are high tied to 
trees (I tie to my trailer), and more than once a horse in another 
"camp" will be upset when its buddies go off on a ride and it is left 
alone, but it calms down immediately if brought over and tied to the 
unoccupied side of my trailer:  it knows my horse is there.  They 
nicker to each other and calmness reigns.
--

 Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
 http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/JoyOfRiding/
http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/HighPoint/

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