Equitie -has anyone used one?

[Lexie81]

I have just impluse purchased an equitie from ebay. My horse has developed a habit of pulling until her baler twine snaps then going to eat the grass once she is loose. This seems to stretch so she shouldnt be able to get loose so easily, i am a bit nervous of using it though as i worry she will panic if it doesnt snap likes she thinks it will - she can be a bit of a panicky stress head.
has anyone got any experience of one of these Equitie things??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=250610473191&view=all&tid=610283057015

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Never used one but having seen others use them, I think they snap more easily than bailing twine...

 

[TinselRider]

They are ok.........untill your horse learns to snap them! We have them on our yard as the BHS said we have to in order to pass an inspetion.......I put twine up on the same ring!!!

 

[bitlessbill]

I've tried them, they break really easily....useless in my opinion.

 

[Weezy]

I have used them too, fine for a horse who doesn't know how to pull back, useless for one that enjoys the experience (I have one of those LOL).

 

[JessPickle]

May be ok for ponies! but not useful for me! however my boy is capable of breaking bailer twine like it isnt there, he also breaks leadropes very easily!

He is a mad horse, he just likes doing it! he never goes more than a few steps away!

 

[Lexie81]

hmmm ok maybe not such a wise buy then! It was cheap so it's no biggie. Does anyone have any other suggestions??

 

[Weezy]

I just temper bailer twine now, free and easy and it works

 

[HollyWoozle]

I use equities because Belle panics and pulls back. I'd rather she was able to get free and didn't hurt herself. She broke her first one by biting through it.

I use one of these: http://www.robinsons-uk.com/product...arentGroupCode=0303&groupCode=03302#sku.57607

Then you don't have to keep buying them.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I tried one and His Nibs soon figured out how easily he could break it, sooooo it was back to the drawing board.

What I did was to buy a Libby's field headcollar and put that on top of the normal one, and tie up using that. Its got velcro so will come undone, BUT you've still got a normal headcollar on underneath so horse doesn't feel he's necessarily got away with something.

 

[Blaise]

I had toyed with the idea of getting one of these as Gem has been known to panic occasionally when tied up. Lately she's started breaking free for fun again though. She's another one that never goes further than a few steps but just likes breaking free! She did it quite a bit when i first started looking after her but stopped for a while. She's a funny mare sometimes. Don't think i'll bother with these if they break that easily- i'll be buying a new one every few days. Think i'll stick to baling twine. lol

 

[slimjim]

I think their breaking point is something like 30 or 50kg. Average nag weighs 500kg+
In my view only of use if your horse never normally pulls back.

 

[MochaDun]

I use an Equitie and still on the one I bought about a year ago. I got mine after witnessing some nasty horse falls on concrete on our yard when bailer twine didn't break when horses were panicing and unable to break away as it either wasn't proper bailer twine or it was bailer twine that hadn't been thinned. Also saw a plank of wood almost come away from the stable with the horse attached to it when tied by bailer twine to a ring on it. My pony's a sturdy 410kg native cob x and will on occasion just stretch it to its limit more out of messing about than trying to break away for any reason but as far as I'm concerned it's doing its job perfectly - and will break when he or I need it to.