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| Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2011 01:03 am |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member 
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I use a two horse straight load and I had a horse try to turn around and got stuck that way. This was when I was unloading, could've been real bad if it happened while untied in transit. Another thing, if the door latch fails you might end up with your horse on the interstate at 70 m.p.h. I'm sure the people driving behind you wouldn't appreciate that. If they are tied I know they are where they're supposed to be. 
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| Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2011 12:21 pm |
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NOELLEE G.O.G Community Member 
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Wow, great thread on tying up horses... I have both the clip and tie ring, and never figured how to use either! I use the quick release tie knot and rope halters. When I first saw Bo, one of my QHs, he would suddenly pull back strongly when tied to a tree or hitch and try to break away. His prior owner tied him in a regular halter on the trail with a lead rope and tied him solid. Once he was my horse, I used a rope halter and quick release knot. He only pulled back on me once when tied to a tree, and I released the tie so quickly, he calmed right down. Never done it again in the last 3 yrs. He stands quiet all the time now. I admit to getting lazy of late... I have been letting all three of my horses, even TWH Rain, just park at a tree, no tie up or hobble. Someone please smack me and teach me how to hobble!! I need to study all the posts here again  .
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| Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2011 01:10 pm |
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slipslider G.O.G Community Member 
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Noellee. I don't know if you have RFDTV but if so, there are clinicians on there all the time showing how they hobble. You can also google and read about hobbling as well as youtube. I always watch and read as much as possible. As with anything no one trainer does it exactly the same. And they will all use different types of hobbles. So I just pick the one that I like best and go with that one. It also helps if you have an area with soft footing, but not completely necessary. As with anything that is new to me. I start out very slowly. Trainers may do it all in a matter of minutes, but they know what they are doing as they have done this many times with many horses. When it is knew to me, I will do one step at a time, until I am sure horse understands and is accepting before continuing with the next step. Some horses will take to this quickly, others may freak out. But if you do it slowly step by step, the horse should not have a problem with it. I start out by taking a soft cotton or similar material, make a loop that will release easily and put that around a front ankle (correct terminology does not come to me at the moment). Put some tension on it and ask the horse to step forward. Like leading horse forward by the leg. When horse does so without much notice, then go to next front foot and do the same. Can even do this with the back legs as well. This will help the horse get use to something around the foot restricting the movement and you can judge your horses reaction before actually hobbling. When the horse accepts this, then I will proceed with actually hobbling. Always starting with front legs first. Some will then teach hobbling the back legs as well. But i have not done that. I believe this method is used by either Craig Cameron or Ken McNabb. I like going slowly as this method does. That is just a quick outline of what i do. See if you can find there methods and read up on it. Make sure you fully understand how they teach hobbling before doing it. If you don't understand it, you can't teach it. Have not looked but Julie Goodnight may teach as well. She has a website and is on facebook as well. Her website has a place where she shares many training tips so you may find it there as well. I have not looked at her method, but like many of her teachings as well. So that might be a good place to check as well. PS: when I got my blocker tie ring, I got the short video that came with it teaching how to properly use it. Again youtube or Clinton's site may have it there as a demonstration. I know i have seen it many times in different places. So again google it. There is even a site for the Blocker tie ring and think it is there as well. Clinton was the first professional trainer to endorse so he sells it. But a man named blocker invented it and has his own site with info about it. Let me know if you have trouble finding it and I will look for you. Got to get to work now.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2011 03:05 pm |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member
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Noellee, I wouldn't just hobble at trail breaks as I think they will learn to move around too much which I feel would be a bad habit. I would always tie a rein to the hobbles and a rein to the fork so they can't move around so much. (Train for this at home first of course). Also, I wouldn't mess with hobbles at all if there are trees to tie to. I just do it if there's no place to tie up. I may hobble while tied though if the horse is getting pi$$y and starts in to pawing. (Of course, only if the horse is well broke to them). Like you, I have found the rope halter to solve a lot of 'stupid' issues with my horses. They learn that acting foolish while tied doesn't pay after one or two times, and they are teaching themselves, not getting reprimanded by us.
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