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We tie our horses for their meals to make sure that they eat their  
own food and only their own. The advantage is that every time you tie  
them up they think that it's a meal time. (No, we are not abnormally  
or even normally rigid in our punctuality for feeding.)  So this  
bunch of horses will stand tied until hell freezes as long as once in  
a while you toss them some food and supply a bit of water. Quite  
simple really.

Maryanne
Giza

On Oct 25, 2006, at 5:24 AM, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Unfortunately, the problem here is contained right in the message-- 
> it was tried "once."  Tying is something to which horses must be  
> educated by lots and lots of repetition.  If you are going to tie  
> them at rides, they should be tied at home--and for much longer  
> than what it takes to tack up.  Try tying overnight at home with a  
> hay net and a bucket.  Train for it, just like you train for  
> everything else you do at rides.
>
> And if they paw, break them to hobble, and hobble them when tied.
>
> You wouldn't let your kids throw food at the dinner table--so why  
> let your horses get away with the same sort of bad behavior?
>
> Heidi
>
>
> I tried tying to the trailer once.  My gelding dug a hole 2+ feet  
> deep, 4 feet wide and about 5 feet long.  He was nearly strangling  
> himself standing on the other side of the hole, stretched to the  
> limit on his rope.  Some horses cannot be tied.  In a wire pen,  
> he's comfortable - AND within sight.  Tying to the trailer also  
> means the horses are on the opposite side from where the door is  
> and where we sit, so it's not easy to keep an eye on the horses.
>
>
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