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| Disclaimer - I don't have a hard to tie horse, don't need to know how to break one of pulling back, so on and so forth - not what the post is about.
I started using an Easy Now to tie on when I heel. I was browsing YouTube watching Jackie Crawfords videos on how she sets her ropes up and I ran across this one on using an easy now to tie a young or hard to tie horse.
Thought I'd share as I was totally unfamiliar with the product until I needed to find something different to tie on with. I've heard of people using inner tubes before as well. It might be a little pricey ($70) but for a chronic puller or someone who starts a lot of young horses, perhaps a good investment.
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Call me crazy, but that looks like a wreck waiting to happen. That worked ok in the video because that was a pretty easy going baby. I would never tie to a panel, I don't care what it's anchored to and I would have to take a closer look at the Easy Now before I would be convinced it would hold. If that thing broke it could really hurt the horse or someone standing close. JMO of course. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Barnmom - 2017-04-04 11:12 AM Call me crazy, but that looks like a wreck waiting to happen. That worked ok in the video because that was a pretty easy going baby. I would never tie to a panel, I don't care what it's anchored to and I would have to take a closer look at the Easy Now before I would be convinced it would hold. If that thing broke it could really hurt the horse or someone standing close. JMO of course.
Wow your not kidding, who in their right mind would tie off on a panel in the first place  , when that panel comes loose/off theres going to be a bad wreck. I have always used a solid post or a tree to teach my horses to tie. And agree on that Easy Now, I dont think it would hold a grown horse.. |
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| There wasn't a single thing in that video that I thought was a good idea. |
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| Not my video, not thinking about using the product as such, hence the disclaimer.
I thought the same about the panels.
I'm not sure if it was originally developed to tie on and rope with or to tie a horse with. I really like it quite a lot to tie on with, horse is working much better without the jerk of a quick release style tie on. |
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Location: North Dakota | OhMax - 2017-04-04 1:39 PM Not my video, not thinking about using the product as such, hence the disclaimer. I thought the same about the panels. I'm not sure if it was originally developed to tie on and rope with or to tie a horse with. I really like it quite a lot to tie on with, horse is working much better without the jerk of a quick release style tie on.
I'm not sure what it was developed for originally either-but I use it when heeling too-seems to really take the jerk away from the horse-I certainly can see where using the easy now on colts to halter break would probably help prevent some of those incidences where they get hurt from jerking back so hard with a hard tie. I do not think I would trust my 1200 pound heel horse in one of his fits with this as I'm guessing he probably could break the easy now. I hope you saw how Jackie tied off her ropes on the videos-saw your post on roping horse world and tried to comment but wasn't too much help. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Thanks for posting that! It's always nice to see new products. I don't think it'll work on a full grown horse, either. But, I might give their Manner Maker halter a try. |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | I can see a lot going wrong with that...at least if I did that..........I know it would not hold a strong horse.........as for tying a colt to a panel.......wrong wrong.....oh well........... |
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Location: Where I am happiest | Our old track vet ( Who was a full blood indian) had a solid wall with holes in the top to run the tie rope through. He would run their rope through the hole and on the other side of the wall he had a big heavy duty bag filled with sand and he would run that rope and tie it to the sand bag. So it was heavy. IF one pulled back, they would pull against that sand bag their rope was tied to. They might lift that sand bag but the weight of the sand bag would pull them back forward untill it rested back on the ground. He taught all his race horses to tie like that and cured alot of die hard set back horses, none ever got hurt because A) The hole the rope ran through was up high so the horses couldnt really pull hard and get hurt, and B) the sand bag would give but the weight would keep pulling them back forward. Ingenious really.
Edited by ThreeCorners 2017-04-05 11:38 AM
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