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Post by stormyranch on Feb 18, 2008 21:46:51 GMT -5
Well, We learned a very scary lesson today. When we got home from work and went to feed, I noticed that River had her front hoof through the side of the halter. Now, we put a rope halter on her after we had the same thing happen as Juslyn did. A bad sore on her pole from the normal halter. We put a rope halter on her so the wound could heal. The halter wasn't loose so I don't know how she got her hoof through it. It took a while to get the knot undone, but when Kevin did she gave him a nip, as if to say, "What took you so long?" River is on the right.  Lisa |
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Post by nrly on Feb 18, 2008 23:09:03 GMT -5
I bet it was scary, they are adorable, how old are they.
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Post by DianneC on Feb 19, 2008 0:35:41 GMT -5
Wow, I've tried to loosen a rope halter when its just been pulled on. That's hard! Glad it worked out well.
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Post by JoanMRK on Feb 19, 2008 0:55:42 GMT -5
Glad everything is alright! River looks like a pretty horse... sooty dun at work?
I had to cut a rope halter off one time because it was so tight. There was no working it loose, and that was after a horse got stuck in the pasture with it! Thank goodness nothing horrible happened... my friend lost the halter but the horse was okay!
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Post by stormyranch on Feb 19, 2008 9:26:36 GMT -5
Noly,
They are 2 and 4
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Post by nrly on Feb 19, 2008 13:26:49 GMT -5
they are so cute as all babies are, am glad she is ok,
I no longer leave halters on because I was told rather strongly that they can hook them on anything and break their neck trying to get free, anything can happen, so we do not leave them on anymore.
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Post by kigerfan on Feb 19, 2008 19:55:09 GMT -5
I never leave halters on. In my youth, I knew of someone that left a regular halter on, the horse hooked it on something and struggled so hard it broke it's neck. Very tragic and definitly something I'd rather learn not from experience.
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Post by nightangel on Feb 19, 2008 20:01:44 GMT -5
My mom's friend adopted a mustang and left the halter on. He got stuck on something a freaked out, and eventually broke his neck. She found him a few hours later and was very upset. I NEVER leave halters on. It scares me.
A while ago I had a pony who was a master at opening gates and getting untied. One day he was trying to get loose and he got the rope loose but not all the way undone and he twisted three legs in it and the other leg was in the air stuck over the rope by his nose. When I found him he was just waiting patiently for me to rescue him. He was sore afterwards but luckily not hurt.
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Post by stormyranch on Feb 19, 2008 21:05:57 GMT -5
Well, I never like to leave halters on either, but these are newly adopted kigers and a lot of people leave them on just so they can catch them easier.
I have a friend you trains saddlebreds and she let out a very expensive mare in the day paddock for a couple hours. When se went to get her, the mares back shoe was hooked on the halter. She cut the halter off. The mare had freaked out and Kicked and kicked until she was exhausted. When my friend got to her her head was swollen twice the size of normal. We took her to hospital and she died two days later from trauma to the head. I always leave halters on my wild ones has they are in metal round pens with nothing to get hooked on. Like I said, A very scary lesson learned.
River is very sore today. She is walking with her front leg straight out in front of her. I think she probably pulled a few muscles. Her head seems ok though.
Lisa
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Post by JoanMRK on Feb 19, 2008 21:23:44 GMT -5
Yes, it is normal protocol to leave halters on the wild ones. BLM recommends it while dragging a lead rope. But, they are to be in safe pens as Lisa mentioned.
I hope River is healing quickly. She's a beautiful girl.
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 22, 2008 14:17:43 GMT -5
Well at least they can walk around with a halter and lead on and it is a rare ocassion that that wild ones get themselves in trouble. When I was a teenager and an old cowboy friend decided to adopt two 4 yr old mustangs and have me help him get them gentle he brought them home in the back of a big truck with side boards unloaded them down a ramp and tied them to a fence side by side. They were not to be untied until they excepted human contact. They had to be fed and watered by hand from the opposite side of the fence. Once they would allow us to groom them all over, they were realeased into the corral. Wild horse training has come along way from the old days. It is a good thing.  |
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Post by nrly on Feb 22, 2008 14:49:12 GMT -5
I understand the wild mustang and leaving it on, am glad that they are in a safe place as the round pen. Now what will you do? use what i have heard some mention a break away halter? how is she doing i mean in the gentling,and breaking. how long have you had these two girls. How much longer do you think you will have to leave the halters on.
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