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Location: Nebraska | Which do you prefer and why? What are the best ones to get that last? |
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| We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time |
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Location: Minnesota | I was just talking to a friend about this. She likes rope halters and had never tried mule tape halters. I would suggest going with mule tape. Im not a fan of rope halters but I know a lot of people who are. Mule tape halters seem to me to be a little more user friendly and not so stiff. I believe the company I found for mule tape halters is Cordova Halters. I'll double check that though. |
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Location: In my own world | strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time
My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do |
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Location: ND | livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 7:05 PM strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
I have a gelding who was a chronic puller before I bought him & has major neck problems because of it (handled with massage & stretching). I still use rope halters but almost always use a tie clip instead of tieing solid. |
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Location: A roping pen near you!! | livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 9:05 PM
strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time
My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
Well let me tell you a little story. I just bought my mare and we took her riding and she pulled back (she had a rope halter on but it was a cheap one) and she didn't get loose. However she pulled back again and broke the halter we chased her all over the country side for a hour. So now she has a good parachute cord halter so far so good. We are really working on the whole pulling back thing. |
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Location: Nebraska | livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 8:05 PM strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
the tie rings on my trailer break if a horse pulls back too hard on them. Anyway, the rope ones I have now are falling apart. They're a few years old (5 years or so) but the colored part is coming off and it's just the white rope inside. I don't know what brand they are but I'd like to have something that will last more than 5 years if possible. My nylon halters look great years later, but I do have one mare that will lean on a nylon halter. I like the way some of the dyed muletape halters look but would rather have quality than something pretty. |
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Location: on my horse | livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 7:05 PM
strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time
My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
personally I've seen more get hurt breaking free and flipping over then from staying tied, although worst case scenario I do have a knife on me and what I tie to will eventually give out (tie rings, skinny posts, etc lol) |
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Location: Mims, FL | I just bought my first mule tape halter about 3 weeks ago and I love it. I can tell that I don't have as much of my horse's attention with it vs his normal rope halter but he does not really need a lot of control. If it was on something that I needed to be able to get their attention and they were a little pushy I doubt I would get as much of a response from the mule tape. BUT, I do really really really love the feel of the mule tape. |
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Location: North Dakota | I like rope but leather is my top pick. |
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Location: In my own world | SaraJean - 2015-08-08 8:55 PM
livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 7:05 PM strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
I have been using the tie blocker when I go to shows and we have been practicing tieing at home. I just wish I knew why she is doing this? And how to fix it? She got spooked at my trailer and broke the tie ring on my trailer and went over backwards. She was fine other than needing chiro. Another horse at another trailer threw a fit and got her stirred up. So that's why I use the tie blocker away from home |
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Location: In my own world | turnum - 2015-08-08 8:55 PM
livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 9:05 PM
strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time
My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
Well let me tell you a little story. I just bought my mare and we took her riding and she pulled back (she had a rope halter on but it was a cheap one ) and she didn't get loose. However she pulled back again and broke the halter we chased her all over the country side for a hour. So now she has a good parachute cord halter so far so good. We are really working on the whole pulling back thing.
What are you doing to fix it? I have a thing at home that is solid. She won't break it. But it's got a little give to it. It's been so hot I haven't done much lately but I had been tieing her out for several hours |
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Location: In my own world | brlracerchick - 2015-08-08 11:09 PM
livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 8:05 PM strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do
My mare broke a toe ring on my old trailer. Not sure if she could my new one! I've been using a tie blocker ring at shows to prevent that. And practicing at home on tieing. And I can't get any halter To last more than a year or so!! Lol |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | I like the rope halters. I'm going to be 60 my next birthday. I don't have the desire to be tugged on and pulled around anymore. So I like the bite the rope halters have when I lead them. Less pulling.
I had an outside mare tied up with her own halter. Nylon with a snap on the leadrope. She pulled back and broke the snap. Flipped over backwards and could have really hurt herself. If she had had a rope halter with no hardware, she probably wouldn't have broke anything. Which in my opinion is better than flipping over. They can break their withers or hit the back of their head on something (trailer, ground, panel, etc) really easy and kill or maim themselves.. I think that's worse. |
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| Don't like either, a pain in the butt to put on in my opinion. I will just keep using my good leather one and a nylon with buckle one. |
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Location: A roping pen near you!! | livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-10 9:25 AM turnum - 2015-08-08 8:55 PM livinonlove&horses - 2015-08-08 9:05 PM strawfly special - 2015-08-08 9:05 AM We have friend that makes them for my daughter. Hers are parachute cord halter with mule tape lead. A horse will not set back and break it. Ours have lasted a long time My chiro and I were talking about this the other day. I have a mare that set back once so I went to using rope halters. I got good ones from classic equine and used those on her. She set back twice but did not get free. My chiro thinks that is dangerous because they could break their neck or hurt themselves. She thinks I should tie with a loop of twine so it would break and set her free. I don't know what to do Well let me tell you a little story. I just bought my mare and we took her riding and she pulled back (she had a rope halter on but it was a cheap one ) and she didn't get loose. However she pulled back again and broke the halter we chased her all over the country side for a hour. So now she has a good parachute cord halter so far so good. We are really working on the whole pulling back thing. What are you doing to fix it? I have a thing at home that is solid. She won't break it. But it's got a little give to it. It's been so hot I haven't done much lately but I had been tieing her out for several hours
I've just been tying her every where I can but I still don't trust her. I also have a tie blocker I use at the trailer. We went trail riding this past weekend and I just tied her to a tree and she didn't even think about pulling back. She's just nervious tied to the trailer. Not sure what happened to her before I got her. |
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| I love the mule tape halters! They are very durable and no metal hardware to scratch your trailer!
As far as pulling back... "Be Nice" halters will work wonders. They have the little metal bumps on the inside of the halter across the poll. If they start to set back they will give in immediately when they feel that pressure. They're AMAZING !!! |
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Location: Mims, FL | Just thought I would ad that last night my horse did sit back on his mule tape halter because he was sticking his head somewhere it shouldn't have been. It did not break, it did stretch out a little bit but I was able to untie it easily. I tie slip knots and when they sit back in the rope halters sometimes I cant get it undone and end up cutting it but the mule tape halter didn't pull down as tight and he sat back pretty good. |
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Location: In my own world | redrodeo20 - 2015-08-12 7:12 AM
Just thought I would ad that last night my horse did sit back on his mule tape halter because he was sticking his head somewhere it shouldn't have been. It did not break, it did stretch out a little bit but I was able to untie it easily. I tie slip knots and when they sit back in the rope halters sometimes I cant get it undone and end up cutting it but the mule tape halter didn't pull down as tight and he sat back pretty good.
That's good to know because I have the same problem with the rope halters. My mare did that at a show. I always carry 2 halters so I switched her out and left it tied to the trailer. My husband got it undone at home. Took him a while. I may look at those just be nice halters mentioned above |
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