Hanging up your headcollars

[filly190]

Do you leave yours hung outside your stable, or do you put them in a safe place.

Also do you wind the leadrope back up on itself or leave it loose.

I ask this because I have security/emergency in mind and wondered what everyone else does.

 

[Rambo]

Mine are left hanging up outside the stables. I used to wrap the lead ropes up everytime, but as no-one else bothers to I now don't either

 

[ExRacers]

Hang mine in the stables with the rope wound up. Always keep the rope wound up when catching my horses too as saw a horrific accident where a horse pulled away while being led, tripped on the rope, somersaulted and broke its neck - killed instantly.

 

[Chex]

Um, I leave mine on the floor by the door, in a heap.

 

[paintsplat05]

i hang them outside the stable and loop the rope up so it's not trailing on the floor

 

[Lucy_Ally]

Have a hook outside the stable where I hang it, with the rope ung over and not wound up.

 

[Nailed]

outside the box witht he rope how ever i feel at that moment.
Safety and emergancy wise i think it is important to have one close at hand in case of a fire or something.
Lou x

 

[peterthepony]

Well it all depends where i am when i last have it, either on the field gate, outside the stable, back of mothers car, of in the tack room

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

Tack room me figered hes more liking to get tagled or stolen then he is to escape and need catching-in which case most people are too scaried to go near the big lad ne how-

 

[tashyisaudrey]

I always hang it up and then tie the lead rop up as well

 

[tashyisaudrey]

oh yeh and I always take it off cos she's so easy to catch and don't want her stolen also to prevent rubbing or getting it tangled up.

 

[siennamum]

Hidden in a tub in the feed room so no-one can use them to steal the horses..
If in use then hung up with lead ropes properly rolled up.
Virtually never left in a way which could be a hazard.

 

[Emma123]

In the tack room and lead ropes coiled up properly! Definitly not outside stable so they could be stolen in the night!

 

[JessPickle]

UMM mine are on the hooks where all the headcollars are. Rope is sometimes wound up but not normally

 

[Jay89]

I always put em in tack room my theory bein they cnt be used to be stolen....though i do think if they really wanted to steal my horse they would probs come prepared!!

 

[Tierra]

Ours are hung on a wall opposite the stables (we're in a barn) next to each horse's turnout rug and cooler.

Our YO goes crazy if the appropriate (i.e. they actually fit the horses in question) headcollars arent to hand incase theres ever a fire and she needs to get horses out fast. She'll only allow certain types of headcollar to be there too - it has to be ones with a clip under the throat so she can get them on faster than having to mess with buckles over their heads.

The lead ropes are only ever wound round if theres someone coming to look round the yard for the same reason - she says she cant be bothered unravelling things when all she needs is a leadrope to hand

We're lucky in regards to security though. Both the YO and parents are on site and her house is right by the stable block (infact, my horse can look through her lounge window from his stable!) so it's more important that the horses can be gotten out in an emergency than worrying about theft.

 

[kerrylou123]

mine are hung outside my stable, but i hate them being hung loose, so have to do it properly evcery time i use it!

 

[jayvee]

Mine are always hung up outside their stables incase of emergancy. And I don't bother wrapping up the rope.
IMO it's pointless hidding your head collar in the event it will prevent your horse being stolen.
If someone is determined to steal your horse they sure would be prepared with their own equipment!!

 

[Jemayni]

My YO yells at me if I dont fasten my headcollar with absolute precision, with the leadrope perfectlly coiled (pathetic isnt it!!!!) Therefore it is always perfectly tied in one of the old cow stalls!

 

[teapot]

Only have 1 or 2 horses in at night, and headcollars are just left by stable door

 

[the watcher]

Outside the respective stables, hooked up and with the rope hooked up too, for emergencies. YO lives on site, plenty of dogs that will alert to intruders.

 

[Christmas_Kate]

I've always hung up outside the stable with leadrope threaded through the noseband. ATM It's in the middle bit of the two main stables with my other kit, as no matter what I'm doing I always have to go in there to get something, so it's easily to hand and tidied away.
I too, get paranoid about horses being stolen, but if anyone wanted to nick one off the yard they'd have a hard job of it with the YO's house right on the yard and all the dogs out.

 

[MagicMelon]

Mine are hung up in the tack room, ropes loose. The tack rooms locked though since I dont want stealers to waltze in, grab a headcollar and walk off with my horses!

 

[merlinsquest]

Left hanging fairly neatly outside stable....... at some point in night pulled down and either dragged into stable and hidden in bedding..... or if i'm lucky..... dropped in heap outside the door for the dogs to steal!!!

Oh for a horse who doesnt get bored if stabled for more than 1/2 an hour!!!!

 

[filly190]

Thank you for replying to my post. I hang mine outside the stable door with the rope loose (off floor obviously) just incase of an emergency.

I was interested to know what other people do, just to make sure I was ok with what I did. Not being on a livery, you loose touch and dont get the chance to learn from other people.

 

[vicm2509]

I hang mine on the tie ring outside the stable as I like it to be to hand incase its needed in an emergency. I dont wind up the leadrope though.

 

[not_with_it]

Mine is hung just outside the stable on a hook. I hang it by the noseband with the rope over the top. I personally would never hide it, you never know when you might need it. I would hate to be faffing around in an emergency trying to find my headcollar.

 

[flyingfeet]

Well we have them all over the place, one is currently on the floor of the barn in a muddy mess to remind me to put it through the washing machine.

However I generally use rope halters - which confuses people who are only used to english headcollars!

 

[PapaFrita]

Headcollars are left hanging outside corresponding stable, but at previous yard used to be kept in tack room, which always struck me as a bit silly in an american barn system where they are unlikely to get nicked.

 

[evsj]

i hang mine on a hook outside the stable but with my stinky yard jacket over the top to avoid it being on show.

However, YO just chucks it on the floor in the wet despite there being a. a large box b. a stack of buckets and c. a hook right outside the box to put things on. I could start a gripe on this subject but i won't!