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I'm glad it's working for your horse, but I have first-hand experience  
with the bungee-breaking phenomenon.  Back when I was young and  
relatively new to horses, my friend and I used bungee ties (with  
quick-release snaps, even).  We had purchased four... and three were  
broken within the first month.

Having now seen pictures on the internet of what COULD have happened,  
I thank my lucky stars that our horses were not injured.  I've seen  
horses lose HALF THEIR FACE from the shredded ends of a failed bungee.

It's possible that the heavy-duty solid rubber ones are safer, kind of  
like a tire inner-tube, but I don't know.

-Sharon L. in Maine



Quoting Michelle Aquilino <michelle.antoinette@xxxxxxxxx>:

> My horse is excellent at backing out of the trailer.  One day she wasn't
> backing out when I asked, and I was quite confused, until I realized I had
> forgotten to untie her.  I'm not sure if she would do the same when in the
> back stall, and being asked to back out, but still...  I love my horse ;-)
> -  I may try keeping her untied, and see how that goes, but slightly
> tentative.
>
> I use the bungie ties with my horse, but that's because she pulls back
> because she thinks she can get free, not out of panic.  I was tentative at
> first (worried she'd just pull back, anchor, pull back, anchor, etc...), but
> the first (and only time so far) she pulled back at all on it, I remember
> her pulling back very calmly, feeling the bungie (thus, no end point),
> looking confused, and coming forward again.  It was funny the expression on
> her face ;-)  -  I must provide the disclaimer though, that I have heard
> about these breaking once past a certain extent.  The advice I was given,
> was to stay away from the bungie if your horse is really freaking out, just
> in case it breaks.
>
> --
> "Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die"


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