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| I have one that is 16. Every now and then she sets back. Always has, always will. I have no idea why she does it or when it will start so with her, I just loop her rope around or through whatever she's tied to and she stands.
I have had GREAT luck with the clinton anderson halter with the knots when teaching one patience or how to tie. In fact I have one that is coming home today. I sold her and they picked her up monday night. I get a call early Tuesday morning that she had set back when the little girl tried to saddle her and she was scared of her now. I fully believe theres more to the story because in the time Ive had the mare, she has NEVER set back. But I will never know the whole story, I will however use the clinton anderson halter on her a few days just to be safe. |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | I had a mare that would set back as soon as you could get her tied. I finally put a belly rope on her and tied her up for several hours one weekend. She galled herself a little, but it mostly broke her of it. I did make what I termed an "idiot rope" for her to tie her at the trailer for the rare occasions she would do it. 2 heavy bull snaps and 15ft or so of parachute rope... I tied one end off with one of the snaps, then a few feet down I doubled the rope and slid it through the eye of the loose bull snap. Pulled the loop up and over the bull snap and snugged it back down. Tied a knot at the far end of the rope. I would snap the tied off snap to her halter, and the other to the tie loop of my trailer. If she pulled back, it would slid through the eye of the snap and relieve her panic, but the knot at the end kept her from getting loose. The mare is gone, but I still use my idiot rope. |
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| My boy won't tie, never has, never will. Long story short, when I picked him out the "Cowboys" roped him around the neck and tied him to a post where they sat on the fence and yelled and waved their arms until he choked himself to the ground. They put the halter on while he was down and handed me the lead rope.
I was 14 and with my non-horsey mom, we couldn't do anything about it. Anyways, 13 years later he's overcome his fear of men, gloves and rope but not tying. The blocker tie ring is a life saver for when I have to tie him but he ground ties like a champ. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| Blocker tie ring. It's been so long since I've had a horse that didn't pull back, I wouldn't know how to act! |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | stayceem - 2017-03-13 3:20 PM Runninbay - 2017-03-13 1:22 PM
I have a filly that will set back if something startles her. She broke her halter as a 2 year old and flipped herself over. It definitely scared me and her. So I decided to use a tie ring. I've had good luck with it. She is not nearly as reactive because she knows she has some slack. I do have a question though, without stealing the thread. For those of you who use the tie rings at shows, are you ever afraid your horse will get loose? How do you prevent that from happening? I do worry about them getting loose but my thing is if they pull, they're gonna get loose no matter what as they usually break whatever they are tied to or tied with anyway and least this way they wont rip their head off in the process.
ditto. my old trailer was missing all but one D ring thanks to one particular horse back in the day. I bought the tie ring and yes, he was still running around loose but at least he wasn't cut up or my trailer destroyed.
I truly believe that the really bad ones are near impossible to stop.
But my mare that is flighty and reactive, I use it with her and she's never gotten loose at a show because the slack is enough for her to relax. But at home if I tie her on cross ties and she still rips them apart and gets lose. So I just ground tie her at home or use the tie ring.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | If you can't beat it, join it. Buy some panels to haul with, teach the horse to ground tie, and warn people to not tie her if you ever sell.
My old mare ripped my hand completely in half because she sat back.
We eventually tied her to a metal post that had about 4 foot of concrete in the ground. Tied the flat cotton rope to the post, looped it through her halter and tied it around her withers/girth area. She sat back once, cut her airway off and then stepped forward and the pressure was released. She never sat back again. That doesn't work with all horses and looking back now my dad had good intentions of this set up but it wasn't exactly the safest most humane way of breaking one of the habit. She formed hers on the track and was used to panic snaps that would break free when she sat back. Some horses like stated above have it inherited. Some can't be broken of the habit. Rather be safe than sorry and just learn to deal with it rather than fight it.
Good luck with yours and with the ideas given. I wouldn't recommend the rope trick we did way back when but it was all my dad could think of. We didin't have fancy things like the rings and halters where we lived at. Wear good fitted leather gloves to protect your hands any time you are around this horse. I wish I would have, so does my hand. |
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| My gelding sits back VIOLENTLY. I've tried the tie ring but he knows he can get away from it so he yanks his head til he's completely loose. Done the gut rope, he darn near killed himself SO I just loop his rope through tie ring next to his brother who he actually likes and he generally stands pretty quiet. If I'm at trailer and he moves enough that rope hits ground or walks off to eat grass. I calmly walk over and pick up rope smack his bottom and put him right back on trailer. I'm getting panels to put him in for shows or he'll go in trailer. He has deep seeded emotional issues left from track and while I've made huge stridesi n helping him over come most, this is a battlei haven't won. |
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