conniegirl
Well-Known Member
And you presumably use a wall or fence to restrict your singly tied horse to only moving its bum 180 degrees as stated in reply #85.
Mine can move its bum 180 degrees and doesn’t have to look at a blank wall!
Putting a horse in cross-ties
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Mine can move its bum 180 degrees and doesn’t have to look at a blank wall!
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
No, I don't tie mine up at all. Not even to trim his feet or clip.
Also, see post 86.
conniegirl
Well-Known Member
One post contradicts the other!
Anyway, ludo couldn’t move forward, presumably because there was a wall or fence in the way, a cross tied horse can move a step or so forward but no more because the ties act as the wall/fence. They can still swing thier bum 180 like ludo did.
as i said i can do cob loose in a stable, singly tied or on cross ties. I do prefer the cross ties simply because its closer to tack room and cob and watch things going on.
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ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
FFS CG, I had him tied up once in 5 years because he was in a commercial livery yard and they were mucking out his box!
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And no, in a ten foot wash box cross tied in the middle an eight foot long horse cannot swing its bum 180 degrees. And no, he couldn't move forward because he was tied to the wall. So he swung to get out from under the boom. I'm reasonably sure he would have sat otherwise, just like the suggestion made by Humblepie that you dismissed.
Please refer to post 86.
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And no, in a ten foot wash box cross tied in the middle an eight foot long horse cannot swing its bum 180 degrees. And no, he couldn't move forward because he was tied to the wall. So he swung to get out from under the boom. I'm reasonably sure he would have sat otherwise, just like the suggestion made by Humblepie that you dismissed.
Please refer to post 86.
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Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
Just out of bedevilment, no, mine didn't like the wall in front of him, when tied in a standard way, and would rear and strike the wall. He liked to be tied in the doorway, where he could see out.
Here he is, happy as Larry, having a snog with my elderly mother, who also happened to be in slippers and a dressing gown under the jacket. All relaxed here.
She would not have been able to stroke him had I tied him to a wall.
And yes, I used 2 reins, as the one time I used just the one he walked through the doorway and caught his hip as the rope made him turn before he was fully through.
And before people say he should be better trained, here he is being clipped..
Or being showered off by my late (and non horsey) mum, in skirt and sandals one warm day...
Or by me one equally warm September day...
It is just sometimes more convenient to deal with them inside, and tied. For instance when it is raining and when I want to go in and out of the box with stuff.
Also, he would rear and strike in the horsebox so he needed to learn to tie. Once we had got him happy in cross ties, he then 'forgot' to be worried about being restrained and soon learned to tie... wherever, on a single rope.
Cross ties were a stepping stone between what he was happy with and what he was not.
I think that sometimes training horses is all about flexibility and increasing what they are happy with. I don't think the cross ties are the enemy here!
Fools Motto
Well-Known Member
Can be very useful.
Depending on which yard / how the horse travels / what is needed to be done, I've tied up quite a few using this method. Never thought anything more, never had any issues. (apart from tying one side, horse moves/wiggles and I can't reach the other rope on the first try! lol)
Depending on which yard / how the horse travels / what is needed to be done, I've tied up quite a few using this method. Never thought anything more, never had any issues. (apart from tying one side, horse moves/wiggles and I can't reach the other rope on the first try! lol)
LadyGascoyne
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Cross ties would be useful for washing Mim.
This is Miri learning about them.
She would have been able to drop her head fairly low, and they weren’t loose enough to be dangerous.
This is Miri learning about them.
She would have been able to drop her head fairly low, and they weren’t loose enough to be dangerous.
ester
Not slacking multitasking
That first pic LG ??
Cortez
Tough but Fair
Tie your horses how you please - or not at all if you prefer, although I would point out that every horse should be trained to tie as one that will not is impossible to do most useful things with. There isn't really a "best" way, and there's nothing wrong with cross ties, millions of horses are cross tied every day.