To tie or not to tie in the trailer?

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js88 Reg. Jan 2016	Posted 2016-01-22 4:37 PM Subject: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Member Posts: 10	I believe there are pros and cons to each regarding your horses' safety when tying your horse in the trailer or leaving them untied. I'm always very split whether to tie or not. I usually tie my fidgety mare that likes to look under the slants but then I usually leave my gelding untied. I know people who have bleeders are concerned about tying one where they are not able to drop their head while hauling. What's your thoughts, opinions or theories of why or why not you should tie?
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wyoming barrel racer Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2016-01-22 9:34 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Neat Freak Posts: 11216 Location: Wonderful Wyoming	We do both equally. If just one horse, I throw them in. We have a stock trailer with a center divider. If more than one I usually tie but sometimes not. It really depends on the age of the horse, if they are saddled and how far I am going. When I take weanlings in for health/coggins, I just run them all in together and don't tie. They are too little to feel if they go down on the 17 miles of gravel I have to travel to get to town.
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~BINGO~ Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2016-01-23 8:35 AM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Serious Snap Trapper Posts: 4275 Location: In The Snow, AZ	I tie just because it makes me feel better. We hauled my daughters pony to a race with my mare. It started raining pretty hard so I put them in the trailer. Trailer started rocking around so we open it up to see what's going on and the pony had somehow managed to flip her self around the other way within her slanted area. She wasn't even that small. 13 hands, maybe a hair under. I like the security of knowing they can't be putting their heads under the dividers, and can't shoot out of the trailer when I open it up. But that's just me.
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Tsy Reg. May 2012	Posted 2016-01-23 8:50 AM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Veteran Posts: 169	We tie in all open stock trailers, however; did not tie when we had a two horse trailer where the horse could not turn around. Edited by Tsy 2016-01-23 4:58 PM
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skye Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2016-01-23 9:32 AM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Expert Posts: 2121 Location: The Great Northwest	I don't tie in the trailer so they can get their head down to drain out the nasal air way. If they are going to be fractious I tie.
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donk Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2016-01-23 4:20 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Veteran Posts: 242	I won't. We had a bad trailer wreck & I want their head free just in case.
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Thistle2011 Reg. Mar 2012	Posted 2016-01-23 5:49 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
The BHW Book Worm Posts: 1768	In my experience I have had alot more trouble not tieing then tieing .. I guess pick your poison. I haul mostly in slant load I would be to concerned about tieing if it was a stock trailer. Edited by Thistle2011 2016-01-23 5:50 PM
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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2016-01-23 8:01 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	skye - 2016-01-23 7:32 AM I don't tie in the trailer so they can get their head down to drain out the nasal air way. If they are going to be fractious I tie. Ditto. I only tie in the trailer if they don't play well with others.
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OhMax Reg. Feb 2013	Posted 2016-01-23 8:09 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Married to a Louie Lover Posts: 3303	We haul in stock trailers so we tie for the most part. We have several different heights to tie at though so if one needs to get his head down we could accommodate that pretty well. Slam gates would allow us to haul a couple without being tied if we wanted to.
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MidWest1452 Reg. May 2013	Posted 2016-01-23 8:43 PM Subject: RE: To tie or not to tie in the trailer?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 595 Location: North Dakota	I used to tie my horses all the time then I started hauling with my barn owner where I board and she doesn't tie her horses that are seasoned haulers. My mare used to be one of her so I can trust she will behave herself. She stands perfectly without being tied and waits patiently till I'm ready to back her out. My older gelding on the other hand... He never got used to being not tied and I have a feeling he would start to back out before I'm ready. I do see some people who tie their horses quite tight and especially if the trip is longer I wouldn't want to be tied in that uncomfortable position for that entire time..
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