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FW: [RC] the horse can't out pull you - Mike Sherrell

Horses will pull back against nylon webbing trailer ties and washrack ties
hard enough to break them or break their 3/4" nylon webbing halters.
Everyone has stories about this sort of thing, even pulling up hitching
posts and running off with them. How often is this truly damaging to the
horse, and how often is it the result of poor handling techniques? I've made
the mistake of buying breakaway halters and trailer ties; soon they break
away and have to be replaced with regular ones and upset horses have to be
chased. I will probably get flamed, but in my experience your best bet is to
tie the horse up tight and roll the dice. Is there anyone out there who has
not had a horse pull back hard, fail to break anything, calm down and be ok?

Regards,

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
www.grizzlyanalytical.com
707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Kristi Schaaf
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:54 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] the horse can't out pull you

Kat wrote:
And if the horse can't out pull the rope, it can out pull itself (i.e.
if the horse pulls hard enough and the rope doesn't break, then the horse
will--horses most definitely can pull hard enough on ropes to injure
themselves in the process...even if the rope DOES break eventually).
______________________

Ain't that the truth. I have a sweet but very timid Arab gelding that may
never be 100% sound, probably due to some idiot and a rope. I don't know
exactly what happened because it was before I got him, but he has permanent
bald spots on each side of his atlas where it appears a halter burned him.
The marks aren't the issue - the issue is that he also has permanent atlas
problems that affect his whole body and keep the equine massage therapist
and chiropractor in business and have prevented him from reaching his
potential as a distance horse. All because someone most likely didn't take
the time needed to gain his trust but instead decided to man handle him
and/or 'let him fight himself'.    

Kristi


     

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