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Re: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer - Barbara McCrary

YES! Done this a couple of times...had a horse try to get out, slip and slide under the trailer with his hind legs.
I prefer tying a horse in the trailer because I don't want any attempt of the horse trying to turn around. That's been tried, too.


Barbara

----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Walker" <bwalker2@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer



That's interesting - as I was taught to tie the head last when loading, and untie first when unloading. The reason for that was that if the horse started to back out and hit the end of the rope, it would be more likely to panic and start pulling back & scrambling around due to the sudden restraint. Based on the few times I've forgotten to untie before unloading - I can state that is pretty accurate.


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[RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer, michelle
Re: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer, Elizabeth Walker