This message is from: Karen McCarthy <[email protected]>
In ADS circle tying while hitched is frowned upon, if not grounds for elimination @ a show (but then I am a lapsed ADS member so don't know for sure)...In teamster/working horse circles it is considered OK I think it is just fine if the horse is unbridled attended, meaning someone who knows something is nearby. An unattended bridled & hitched horse = not a great idea. I was at a show one time, where I swear to you-know-who, someone left a bridled & harnessed (not hitched) Arab un-attended. Well, thier harness adjustment left something to be desired as the backband was way too long, the crupper was 1/2 way down his dock, and the breeching was dangling above his hocks. Of course he freaked when the breeching "tickled" him where he didn't expect it, then proceeded to kick the living crap out of the harness and trailer and frighten himself into an altered state known only to some Arabs, not to mention freaking all the surronding horses & thier peeps. Personally, I teach all my horses to HOBBLE along w/ the voice command to "whoa" which I teach while grooming them un-tied. It solves alot of issues, standing tied being one. Karen in warmish Madras > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:11:39 -0700 > Subject: RE: tying to hitch > > This message is from: Gail Russell <[email protected]> > > > I have never been so glad that I > always tie to hitch. > > It sounds like it was definitely a good choice, but I do have a question. Is it not the conventional wisdom in the carriage driving world that one is not supposed to tie to hitch...but instead must have a header? Or do I have that wrong? If it is considered incorrect to tie while hitching, I would be interested in the accident scenarios that are used to justify the no-tie rule. > > I do not mean to be difficult or challenging. Just curious. > > Gail > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
