Re: picket lines

["Raymond O'Donohue" <rayo@cfw.com>]

Duncan Fletcher wrote:
> 
> Chris -
> 
> Any stake out where the feet of the horse can be entangled in the 'lead' has
> potential problems. But I have watched what happens with rope and heavy
> chain, and the chain does not tend to loop tight around the legs as rope
> does. Some day when you have nothing better to do, go sit out and watch your
> horse on a stake where he is going to move around to graze: try it with rope
> and watch for an hour, then repeat with heavy chain (I am assuming you have
> a reasonable calm horse - otherwise I would not it try it with anything).
> Now if he stands in one spot for that time, you won't learn anything :-). I
> learned this from my first vet, and damned if he wasn't right. Now the use
> of heavy hose (that can't be bent into a small loop) as suggested in another
> post is even safer. Even safer yet, would be to a highline, but then he
> can't graze.
> 
> Duncan Fletcher
> dfletche@gte.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>
> 
> >Using chains to keep horses tethered sure raises red flags to me!
> >
> >chris paus & star        Nor can he lower his head to drain his sinuses.