Got a horse that is starting to set back on his halter.  Anybody have any success at fixing a horse that sets back when tied? We've had success with a couple of solutions but wanting to learn what else has worked for others. 

No help from me. The ones I had that set back always did it. I had one that would stand if she had a lariat belly rope. 

The one I had that started to it severely without a previous history of it tested postitive for EPM.  He stopped after successful treatment. Don't know if it was visual or mental, but it was sudden and dangerous to the point of him doing bone damage to his face. Prayers for you and yours. 

This is the way to go on one that sets back.

If it is a new development, get a chiropractic adjustment. I have a mare that never sets back, she started doing it after getting jerked around after roping a cow, after seeing the chiropractor she has never set back again. 

I've also had some that setting back was a habit, a belly rope is your best bet for that. 

Thats a sad deal. All I have to say is it's the breeders fault. A breeder needs to take the time to train a horse to stand tied before the colt is sold. I don't know how old your horse is but it's the fault of someone before you and it's sad your stuck with the problem. 

Try a Gut Rope.  I had one that wouldn't tie to the trailer.  Would tie everywhere else just fine, just something about the trailer.  The gut rope is the only thing I found that made him stop pulling back.  He was dangerous when he pulled back because if he didn't break the lead or halter he would go forward and crack his head on the trailer.  I just couldn't trust him hauling him by myself so I sold him with the full disclosure of his problem. This horse came to me this way, it wasn't something that he developed after I got him, he came that way.

A horse that doesn't tie is a dangerous.  It just a panick situation that the horse hasn't learned how to get out of.  It is difficult to change once they get into that situation a fight for their life they feel they need to.   When young never tie solid until the horse knows to come off the pressure.  Use Blocker tie rings to tie.  To be successful with the Blocker the horse needs to be observed cause if they did suck back they get slack and that would have to be taken back up.

I have one that pulls when she's spooked by something. Nothing has stopped her, she'll pull a gut rope til she passes out. She had old fractures on her spine behind her withers when I got her, I wouldn't be surprised if its from that. She has snapped the tie rings on my trailer in half, after pulling my 8' SW 3H over about 3 feet. She's snapped all kinds of ropes in half, she can break a rope halter pretty easy, she cna break mule tape, & she tried to kill herself when I did a final resort to a neck rope. I had to cut her out of that. She will pull until she's free no matter how long or hard that is & then she will run off. There's no stopping her. But some days she will stand tied for hours & hours fine. I just can't haul her anywhere I can't sit & babysit her. If she's at the trailer so am I, and she's tied with a blocker and a 20' long lead. She has learned how to get free & it's not going to be changed at this point, it's been an 8 year battle 

Teach them to ground tie, i know that's almost a thing of the past unless you're a cowboy.  

I have a mare that is very "weird" for lack of a better word. She'll stand tied at the trailer with other horses or alone all day long. She tends to pull back when I am saddling her or messing around with tack or doing things on the ground near her. She has been this way as long as I've owned her (5 years now). I was told that her former owner did put a gut rope on her and she has scarring on her wither and armpit area from it. I think that in this case it made it worse, because it seems she associates things in her cinch area with the feeling of that set up. I always tie her to twine, but tend to un-tie her when I am saddling, etc and she is fine. At home, we have a tubular metal tie rail sunk in concrete on a concrete pad. She will not pull back on that. She did initially, but after not being able to get away from it and sliding, she has not since. 

With other horses, I've found that tying them up high helps reduce pull backs, or the blocker tie rings. I think in older horses, once they've developed the habit it is very hard to get them out of it.