This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For safety's sake, please set this 'grass rein' up like a side check rein: go from bit (or halter ring@ at lower side), thru an attached ring at the intersection of the cheekpiece/browband, then to a fixed point on the saddle (to stirrup bars on an english saddle or to a breastplate attachmant or up thru the gullet on a western saddle). I have used this set up for little kids quite a bit, but only until they learn how to control the problem better on their own.
By not inserting the ring at the headstall, the string/twine/cord could easily hook onto a limb or object, or the horse could step thru it, which could possibly be a set up for a nice wreck. ____________________ Re. recycling grain bags, there is a person here in central Oregon who has cans placed at many of the feed stores. They make nice carry bags out of them. No website, but you can contact them at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally we don't buy black plastic bags, we just use the leftover feed sacks, like in the shop and barn...if they are paper, we burn them w/ the burnable garbage in them. Karen McCarthy Great Basin Fjords :: Madras, Oregon http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
