RE: Those new-fangled halters w/no hardware

["Snodgrass, Bonnie" <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>]

I've seen horses hurt themselves by pulling back in every imaginable
situation. Yes, saw one big QTR mare snap her neck at my feet when she
flipped over backwards when being led by the reins. The best bet is to teach
horses not to pull back, to step forward from pressure, not to fight it.
Easy to teach to most average intelligence horses. Harder IMO to teach to
"slow" horses who's brains seem to turn off when something scares them. That
QTR mare was one of them. My ex-boss wouldn't let me teach her by my method.
She believed in the "tie em up with what won't break" method. I saw the mare
repeated fight with heavy nylon halters and ropes. Saw her bend a stout 5"
pipe used as a tie post way over, straining her neck muscles in the process.
Then she killed herself a week later with the boss/owner holding the reins.
Talk about a real convincing argument for trying a different method! All my
horses are taught to tie reliably but safely too.

Bonnie Snodgrass

-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com [mailto:CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:30 AM
To: cberto@juno.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Those new-fangled halters w/no hardware



If you've ever seen a horse set back, break a halter, fall over and fracture

his poll, and then die, I'm not sure you'd consider breaking a safety 
feature.  Whatever happened to the very basic safety rule of ONLY tying 
horses to objects that are immovable and solid enough not to come apart?

Heidi


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