Look Out for Rug Buckles Getting Caught on Haynets!

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I found a broken buckle in a haynet in Dizz's stable a week or so ago, and used binder twine on her rug, then thought no more about it.

Today, Friend had to free a panicking Dizzy when the top buckle on Dizz's rug got caught in her haynet.

Once was an accident, but twice!?!

So, no more haynets for the Dizzy one. Hay is back on the floor until her Haybar goes up.
 
Happened to a pony I know too, thankfully she didnt panic, have seen others on yard tie haynets to bale band tied in a loop to the tie ring on the wall so that if horse panics, it breaks.

Good warning tho Mrs M.
 
well i have had my mare caught in a haynet three times! she managed once to break the buckle. Second time she was attached to it all night! The third time she got trapped with her leg through a hole and still attached to the wall luckily she allowed me to free her....So no more haynets for me either.
 
I - it was, both times
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T - I'd given up on haynets, but she seemed okay with the small holed haylege type, so I drifted back into using them. No more!
 
Wow! never thought of that! My old Arab mare once got caught on elec fence tape with a clip front rug!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mad panic and wrecked rug were luckily the only damage. my own fault,fence was off and she leaned against it and I had left clip opening turned outwards and she just clipped herself to it! Always turn clips in now. A lesson learnt the hard way!
 
That's really bad luck! I've never heard of that happening although I have heard of horses getting clipped onto the fence before.

Hopefully she's okay?
 
I remember being told in the Pony Club to always clip inwards to prevent them accidentally clipping themselves to fencing / nets etc. It's a habit for me but posts like these remind me why and also worry me slightly cos my girl is on full livery and I know they don't always do as I do - glad Dizzy is ok.
 
I couldn't put it any higher - she just has blasted long legs!
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She's fine ta
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. Daft bat. Though I have to be nice about her, she was a star in the school (being led in hand whilst in quarantine), even Daughter2 was happy wibbling round with her
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That happened to my friends 4 year old just the other day.

He pulled back, the net didnt break as it got caught on his rug buckle.
 
I generally avoid using haynets for this reason (not to mention the detrimental effect on their muscles); but I always also make sure the rug clips face in towards the horse, to try to avoid them fastening themselves to the fence
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Poor Dizz
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Quarantine? I must have missed something. What's happened to the poor lamb now?

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Ah, do not fret my sweetpea, 'tis because we moved yards (yes, again! But this one is less than two miles down the road, has a school, reasonable hacking, and hosses seem settled, so fingers crossed....
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I generally avoid using haynets for this reason (not to mention the detrimental effect on their muscles); but I always also make sure the rug clips face in towards the horse, to try to avoid them fastening themselves to the fence
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Poor Dizz
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Yup, I was that way inclined, but two of my three use hay as bedding... Ho hum. Trying to figure out how I'd turn the buckles the other way. Will have a look tomorrow
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my god! never heard of this happening before! TBH, unless the horse is really greedy i normally put hay on the floor anyway, it's more natural i think! xx

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It is indeed, but when you have three horses, of which two use hay as bedding, it gets to be a bit of a drag (and annoying when there's nothing left for them to eat 'cos they've wee'd on it!)
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my god! never heard of this happening before! TBH, unless the horse is really greedy i normally put hay on the floor anyway, it's more natural i think! xx

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It is indeed, but when you have three horses, of which two use hay as bedding, it gets to be a bit of a drag (and annoying when there's nothing left for them to eat 'cos they've wee'd on it!)
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ew, good point! it always seems you can never do things right with horses, there always seem to be complications!!
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my god! never heard of this happening before! TBH, unless the horse is really greedy i normally put hay on the floor anyway, it's more natural i think! xx

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It is indeed, but when you have three horses, of which two use hay as bedding, it gets to be a bit of a drag (and annoying when there's nothing left for them to eat 'cos they've wee'd on it!)
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ew, good point! it always seems you can never do things right with horses, there always seem to be complications!!
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Indeed! Fingers crossed the Haybar works
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Ah this happened to one of the horses at the yard, came in the morning and there he was, attatched to his haynet!! Luckily he hadn't panicked.

Try putting hay in a big tub, might help stop her spreading it around
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Ta hun
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Tried Dizz with all sorts of 'holders'
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How's the Bean doing? Are you looking for another ned?
 
You just clip them back towards the horses chest rather than leaving the clip bit facing outwards...if that makes any sense!!
Most of them will rotate to turn back.
 
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