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Sisters mare wears a headcollar most of the time out in the field simply because she is a complete angel to catch with one on but impossible without. She wears a nylon one because she is most comfortable in it - we have tried her in two different leather ones but she took them both off so evidently wasn't happy wearing them!
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The two geldings never wear headcollars in the field.
 
Wouldn't do it - too risky, but my horse likes to come in anyway(one of her saving graces). Even after they'd been kept in for 2 weeks for ragwort spraying I had no trouble catching her after they went back out.
 
used to turn the shetland out in a leather one as she goes through phases of not being caught. the other 3 will all walk up to you to be caught. one of them (daft bag) if you go into the field to catch her she will walk right past you and go and wait at the gate and then let you put the headcollar on!
 
Never, too dangerous, seen horses hooked up to fences and a pony rolling put a foot through and was left stuck--its back was never OK afterwards
 
Just to buck the trend, all mine are turned out in leather headcollars every day but they are never left on in the stable, as soon as they are in, the h/c is off and hanging on the wall outside. I have nightmares about people using nylon headcollars for anything other than when holding for the blacksmith, that sort of thing; I would never dream of travelling in anything other than a leather one; unless you are actually holding horse, I think nylon ones are or can be, very dangerous.
My h/c are left on because my lot are herded out of the field all at once, basically, because they have to come through the old railway bridge to the yard and if any are left in the field they can and do, climb the embankment and come flying down the yard side and either run up and down the hedge or will crash right over or through it, which has happened a few times; luckily without serious damage but it's a bit frightening when you see your prize yearling straddling the hedge having not got his undercarriage in gear; so that is why mine all come in together and having a h/c on makes it a lot easier to grab and put in their own boxes!
That makes me sound like an awful Mum but they are all very chilled about being herded like cows (I certainly KNOW mine won't kick!)
 
I will ocassionally, but only leather ones! In fact I don't own a nylon headcollar now! Hate them with a passion! Seen some horrible accidents due to nylon headcollars - both when turned out and when tied up!

All the horses at work (bar one, because she gets them off in seconds
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) are turned out/live out with leather headcollars on. They have to be, for ID purposes if nothing else!! We must have 100+ horses on site atm and it's not even the season, so everyone needs to be able to know who they all are!
 
Never. Ever.

If they don't want to be caught then having a headcollar on ain't gonna make a difference - in fact you're much more likely to get hurt by getting your fingers caught when they pull away when you think you've got them. Leaving a bit of string attached to the headcollar so you can catch them is also idiotic for the same reason.
 
Never out in headcollars, never use hay nets anywhere but the waggon. Old RS istructor (30 years ago) told horror stories about both, so never have and never will.
 
We never use headcollars or haynets. We have three adults and two "babies", one of which is rather clumsy so we cant risk it. The coloured 3yr old was rescued with a headcollar cutting into his nose and chin groove. He is still a bit wary of anything on his face after 2 years.
 
Depends totally on how much I am doing with a horse. If I am doing a fair amount of work with it then yes I'll leave a halter on. Some of mine wear them and some don't, generally down to the amount of times I want to take them out to work them. Probably about a quarter of my horses wear halters and the rest don't.

The foals never wear halters in the fields if unattended.
 
i would never leave my horses in the field or stable with halter on
i couldnt live with my self if my horse got hung just because i left the halter on
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Ditto SN. My lot are out in leather headcollars if at home, no headcollar if in the fields away from home.

At work the entire broodmare band wears either a neckband or headcollar with name engraved on it plus a tag with the stallion put to and foaling date on it.
 
Nope. Only time I ever have headcollars on them (leather old ones) is for an hour or so if the farriers coming and has to get them in or something. But even then they're shut into the yard so cant exactly bomb about.
 
id never leave either of mine in the stable with a headcollar on.
so far, red is spot-on to catch, we dont even have to call him as he comes to us as soon as he sees us.
solo, on the other hand, can be right git in the summer, so he goes out in a leather headcollar for a couple of days, until he realises that he WILL come when i shout!
 
H used to be, and other yard horses are. I don't like it though especially as they are all soooo easy to catch, just lazy !! so made them leave H's off. the others turned out in nylon.

they live out 24/7 by the way !!
 
I turf mine out in their headcollars, nylon ones, and I've never had a problem. if they go out for any length of time (over 4 hours or so) I'll take the headcollar off.
 
Good grief, why?

No NEVER.
Sort out the catching problem i say
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Turnout is the only time the horse truly gets his free time, for godsake, it's pure laziness!!
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Mine are all easy peasy to catch...some of them still wear halters because as their owner I can choose to have them wear halters or not.
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Good grief, why?

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Erm.... because they're hard to catch!
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Well if it were *that* easy, then I'm sure we would
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Turnout is the only time the horse truly gets his free time, for godsake, it's pure laziness!!
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Well that's a crock of sh*t! My horses are out 24/7. The fact is, sometimes, when she's hormonal or on new grass, one of them just doesn't want to be caught. It's not cause I'm a mean mummy, or a useless horse person
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Good grief, why?

No NEVER.
Sort out the catching problem i say
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Turnout is the only time the horse truly gets his free time, for godsake, it's pure laziness!!
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LMAO!!! Have you ever worked on a farm that can have upwards of 500 horses on it? ID is a major issue!!
 
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If they don't want to be caught then having a headcollar on ain't gonna make a difference

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I disagree. My mare will frequently let me near enough to scratch her, pet her, feed her a carrot, even come and eat out of the bucket, but just a sniff of a headcollar/rope, or me trying to put something around her neck, and she's off! She's got it down to a tee! If she's got a headcollar on, I can get my hands on it much faster than I can get something round her neck, and she knows the game is over immediately and will come in quietly.
 
Yes I think having 40 horses is bad enough.....I suppose if I only had 1 or 2 horses perhaps I'd do things differently.
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