12/11/2023 0 Comments Breakaway foal halterOften I hear people say they leave a halter on because their horse is difficult to catch. Maybe he’ll panic and break free, maybe he’ll throw himself on the ground and struggle either way the potential for hurting himself is huge.īesides, how would you like to have that thing on your head all the time? Maybe some people think because we leave collars on dogs, it is ok to leave halters on horses, but a dog does not have the same capacity for panic and destruction that horses have. Turned loose in a halter, the horse may potentially snag the halter on something and be stuck. It is uncomfortable, potentially dangerous to the animal and it will not resolve any training issues that the horse might have. In my opinion, there’s no good reason to turn a horse loose in a halter and leaving a halter on 24/7 is very poor horsemanship. I am not sure whether this is done out of ignorance, laziness or simple incompetence, but I am sure it is not a good idea. Unfortunately, we see that a lot around here sometimes the horses are turned out in rope halters, which is even worse since they will not break. My day-dreams were rudely interrupted by a scene that irritates me every time I see it: horses turned out with halters on. As I drove through South Park (yes, there really is such a place and it is well depicted in the cartoon), looking out over hundreds of thousands of acres of pasture land with thousands of cattle, horses, elk and antelope ranging, I was fantasizing about how much I will enjoy being home over the next couple months. A few days ago, I was driving home from my last trip of the year, relishing the thought of being home for eight weekends in a row.
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