Re: round arena

2003-12-17 Thread coyote
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want to "break" your horses rather than "train" them, yes, you'll need the stout snubbing post in the middle of your round pen. The "old cowboys" tied a young horse to the post to force it to learn to stand tied or to get it saddled the first tim

RE: round arena

2003-12-17 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: "Karen Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That pole was called a "snubbing post". A stout post to tie a horse to while you "teach" him stuff, like sacking out, being saddled, standing tied (or else), etc. Kind of old school. I'd skip it. That said, I'd like to have a stout po

Re: round arena

2003-12-16 Thread FjordAmy
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/16/2003 3:01:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have old cowboys tell me I need a big pole, like telephone pole in the middle of the round arena. The pole in the center of a round pen or round corral was used to

Re: round arena

2003-12-16 Thread Monica Spencer
This message is from: "Monica Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe those old-time horsebreakers used to use a big pole in the center of the round pen as a snubbing post. I love my round pen but I sure wouldn't want a post in the middle of it! Seems like it would just be a hazard to me and to t

Re: round arena

2003-12-16 Thread debby stai
This message is from: "debby stai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did they tell you why?? Debby - Original Message - From: Linda Thornsberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:54 PM Subject: round arena > This message is from: "Linda Thornsberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I a