Ditto on that. My 2 were never tied for
feeding (air ferns) until we got my husband’s warmblood beastie, who is
eating me out of house and home. He gets a ton of food and takes his sweet
time at it too, so the other two just have to stand there patiently tied after
their handful of pellets are consumed. They’re still eager to be
haltered and tied every time, even though they only get a handful and then have
to stand for 45 more minutes.
<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.>
<Like Maryanne's horses,
ours will stand patiently tied till hell freezes over. They simply
cock their hip and doze till we release them. Any new youngsters we get
quickly learn patience, and that fidgeting gets them nowhere.>
