>As much as I would like to be able to put my horse in a portable corral,
>I too have a stallion, and have yet to see a portable corrall that would
>hold him, will second the motion that the biggest problem is not with him
>getting loose, but with other horses that get loose during the night and
>come to visit him. He is always (except when I am standing right there
>and/or tacking him up) double tied to the trailer.
>
>When I took him to his first ride, I tied him to the trailer and within 5
>minutes got his foot caught in the lead rope. He pulled back a couple of
>times, then looked over at me with his leg cocked and a look on his face
>that said, "Are you going to do something about this?"
>
>He has never put his foot through the lead rope again. Additionally, I
>tie him loosely enough so that he can lie down, roll, and get up without
>getting himself caught up.
>
>There are two aspects of teaching your horse to do this.
>
>1. Take him/her out to graze leaving the lead rope attached to the
>halter and let him drag it around while he wanders about grazing. Horses
>very quickly learn to keep an eye on the lead rope (and they can't really
>get themselves very hung up, because the rope isn't attached to anything,
>they just have to keep from stepping on it).
>
>2. Teach your horse to yield to pressure rather than pulling back
>against it. This helps not only if he gets himself hung up in the lead
>rope tying him to a trailer (or whatever), but additionally, is very
>valuable if he happens to get caught up in barbed wire or some other
>unpleasant substance. They learn to look over at you and ask "are you
>going to do something about this?"
>
>I have seen too many loose horses in camp to feel comfortable with
>portable corrals for a stallion. And the thought of an electric fence
>keeping in a stallion (or out a mare) is inconceivable to me.
>
>kat
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