Dually halters, yay or nay?

[MrsElle]

I vote Nay!

I got one for Blue and he hates it. It doesn't stop him walking past me but when he does he has a bit of a hissy fit as he finds it uncomfortable. He started to run off in the field when he realised I had his Dually in my hand, but is fine to catch if I have an ordinary head collar.

So, it is now up on ebay and we are back to being able to catch him and he doesn't chuff about as much as he did.

Any recommendations for another style of headcollar?

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

sorry i am a yay. A couple of difficult horses me and my friends have handled have responded better in duallys than normals, especially when loading and respecting personal space (like backing off when told etc)

However I have heard of some who don't like them.

Are the parelli headcollars any different?!

 

[rascal]

I love our dually stops hubbys rather lively mare walking all over me, she respects that.
We also have a rope controler halter i think is made by the people who make nylon bridles whos name i really cant remember (getting old!) maybe something like that would be better for you?

 

[JessPickle]

Could try a bitless bridle instead, works a treat with Pickle, when he has been on box rest kept him in check, and he is HUGE and powerful when he wants to be.

 

[TicTac]

I,m another Yay. You absolutely have to do a bit of schooling/training in it first for your horse to realise it's effects. Did you not get a DVD with it?

 

[dutchytom]

I say YAY too. I wouldnt be without mine. Dutchy is so much more manageable now. I would think about finding your local kelly Marks natural horsemanship RA and having an hour or two with them. We went to Carrie adams who is near us. She did loads of work with him and us using the dually. It cost £50 for nearly 2 hours and the difference is amazing. He would walk all over us and farrier was big no no. He is fantastic now walks at the end of lead rope and farrier did him last week with hardly any probs. Hes being so good we are going to get on him for 1st time on tuesday. I would highly reccommend it!

 

[Cluny]

Another Yay from me as well, as long as you use it properly (ie releasing the pressure as soon as the horse yields to you) it works very effectively.

Brambleyhedge do you mean Libby's?

 

[Zebedee]

Try A Be Nice. Most effective controller type halter out there IMO. It only comes into play if they're resisting, & the pressure releases the instant they stop pulling.

 

[smiles24]

much prefer a be nice, found the dually moves around to much and is ineffective on some horses.

 

[cellie]

Ive used parelli halter with huge sucess I had a rearer

stopped all his problems.Have loaned it to friend with 3 1/2 y rold warbblood who is 16 2 and was begining to be disrespectful, within a day the problem was solved.Two head shakes and he realised that he didnt like the pressure.

 

[Firehorse]

yay, yay and thrice yay!!!!!

 

[KS1]

Definately nay for my old boy he detested it and it was sold on immediately and I have never wanted to try one on my younger horse.

 

[MrsElle]

I did get the dvd and worked with Blue with the Dually.

It did have some effect with backing up but I too found that it moves about too much even though it was snug. He really really hated it and I felt like we were going backwards not forwards.

He is much better without it but I would still like to try something else as OH won't lead him and I would like others to lead Blue to get him used to other people.

 

[foo]

Yay yah yah

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Yey from me. It is the only thing I will lead my cob in - have had it for almost as long as I have had her. I got the local RA out to do some work with me and her to stop her running me and everyone else over - she was a travellers horse from a rescue - has been worth every penny as even my youngest neice can lead her in it.

If your dually is moving it maybe the wrong size - when fitted properly they shouldn't move.

 

[ladyt25]

I lead mine in the eskadron chain headcollar cos he's a sod and knows his own strength so if he wants to go he does! The eskadron has solved this.

 

[sillygillyhorse]

Nay from me, I am with LadyT for the eskadron chain headcollar or failing that a chain over the noseband, old fashioned and around long before anyone thought of dually or be nice halters, works a treat

 

[LeFox]

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I vote Nay!

I got one for Blue and he hates it. It doesn't stop him walking past me but when he does he has a bit of a hissy fit as he finds it uncomfortable. He started to run off in the field when he realised I had his Dually in my hand, but is fine to catch if I have an ordinary head collar.

So, it is now up on ebay and we are back to being able to catch him and he doesn't chuff about as much as he did.

Any recommendations for another style of headcollar?

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Try a natural rope halter - very lightweight and the horse only feels the knots if he leans into it himself

There is no tightening or stranglehold on the face.

 

[Ali2]

Nay. It doesn't release quickly enough for my liking. Much prefer the RM rope halter

 

[palomino_pony]

Yay yay yay!

 

[phoebeast]

nay cus though they are a humane quick fix i prefer to spend time literally rehabilitating the horse

 

[Natch]

Yay, I find them great for horses who can sometimes forget themselves. Use as a normal headcollar 95% of time and the other 5% they get switched to the active ring.

Would also be happy schooling in a rope halter, but don't use these as an everyday job as I want the headcollar to unbuckle, not have to deal with a tightening knot if the horse gets into a silly stituation.

 

[lilym]

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I lead mine in the eskadron chain headcollar cos he's a sod and knows his own strength so if he wants to go he does! The eskadron has solved this.

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I have one of these for a bargy cob - works really well, unlike a dually - no respect for that, or the shoelace - sorry parelli headcollar which she broke, not mine I hasten to add, a parelli know all was trying to show me how I should handle her as she thought the eskradon cruel.......LOL.

 

[ali87uk]

Yay from me, my mare had no respect for space and now she is lovely to handle :0)

 

[Cash]

Yay. Used to use one on my old horse who was a b*gger to load- 5'3 of me doesn't stand much chance when 16.3 of him decides he ain't going in

I did a lot of groundwork with it too, so he learnt it was much easier for him to give in once it tightened.
Use it on a friend's boisterous 3yo too whenever she's being asked to do something exciting.

 

[millitiger]

i have a Richard Maxwell halter and it is fab on eery horse i have used it on.

no experience of the Dually though.

 

[orin]

dually- definetley yes if used correctly!! worked wonders with my mare

 

[freckles22uk]

Ive used a Dually on my mare, as she would often drag anyone who was not confident with her, down the track to the feild.(when in livery in the UK)... but ive had her at home for 5 years now and just use a normal headcollar... but it did work wonders on her...

and used to use a ''Richard Maxwell'' type on her to get her to load...

 

[BBH]

Deffo yeah, my ginger boy knows he can't get away from me in this so he doesn't bother trying now.