RE: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer - Ranelle Rubin
Michelle...be careful leaving a horse tied when you open the back door. Twice I have had horses fly out when the door was opened..once breaking the snap on the lead, once bunching up the trailer tie so that it had to be cut while the horse stood there with all four feet on the ground and his head still tied.
I actually do exactly the opposite of what you do..not that it is right or better, but "in my hands", it feels safter.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:43:01 -0400 > Subject: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer > From: michelle@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > It's better not to tie your horse in the trailer so he can put his head > down and expel dust or whatever in his nasal passages. If he can't do that > then he could develop "shipping fever". > > But I always tie my horse up first. Shut the stall gates around him. Shut > the back trailer door. Then from the outside of the trailer, reach in and > unhook my horse before I head off down the road. When I get to my > destination, I reach thru and snap the trailer tie back on my horse's > halter. Then I open the back door, then gate, then come to my horse and > untie them and lead them out. I do have a slant load. > > I'm sure you don't HAVE to tie your horse when you first put them in and > before you let them out. But to me I just feel safer that way. > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
