Bernster
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this is the new collegiate comfitec bridle. Not a grackle but I’ve just bought this and like it. Acts a bit like a flash on the mouth.
I feel like doing up the noseband prior to putting the bridle on is skirting round the issue. There will be other times that the horse needs to leave the haynet when asked.
this is the new collegiate comfitec bridle. Not a grackle but I’ve just bought this and like it. Acts a bit like a flash on the mouth.
What a strange question!
I think just very out dated. Horses were not allowed to eat before exercise but things have moved on since.
I am sorry you think I am nasty.
However you posted asking how to manage a situation where you coud not do up your horses noseband while he was eating his net. as he is constantly moving. You are able to get his bit in mid chomp. In my world of producing young horses I consider this to be 'thuggish' behaviour and I would not tolerate it as it produces horses that behave a you decribe.
I would not try to tack up a horse that was eating a net as there are inherent dangers. Nor would I allow a horse to eat while it was being tacked up. Yes of course I know that if you have a horse with ulcers, or one that is prone to ulcers you have to give them a handful of chaff or the like to settle the acid in the stomach. I also know that it is not good to have a full stomach when worked as it affects the capacity of the lungs. Maybe that is old fahioned but I doubt the lungs have changed in recents years. Of course it depends on the type of work you are planning to do.
Before I am jumped on yet again, when I say I would not tolerate it I do not mean I would bash the horse around, I would alter the environment to eliminate the cause of the problem.
Can I ask why you think he shouldn't?Why is he eating hay when he is about to be ridden?
Exactly my routineI give mine a haynet when grooming and tacking up and the last thing I do is put the bridle on. I put the reins over his head, take the headcollar off and move him away from the haynet to put the bridle on. I'm lucky as he wouldn't dream of doing anything like bogging off with no headcollar or bridle on.
I am sorry you think I am nasty.
However you posted asking how to manage a situation where you coud not do up your horses noseband while he was eating his net. as he is constantly moving. You are able to get his bit in mid chomp. In my world of producing young horses I consider this to be 'thuggish' behaviour and I would not tolerate it as it produces horses that behave a you decribe.
I would not try to tack up a horse that was eating a net as there are inherent dangers. Nor would I allow a horse to eat while it was being tacked up. Yes of course I know that if you have a horse with ulcers, or one that is prone to ulcers you have to give them a handful of chaff or the like to settle the acid in the stomach. I also know that it is not good to have a full stomach when worked as it affects the capacity of the lungs. Maybe that is old fahioned but I doubt the lungs have changed in recents years. Of course it depends on the type of work you are planning to do.
Before I am jumped on yet again, when I say I would not tolerate it I do not mean I would bash the horse around, I would alter the environment to eliminate the cause of the problem.
Why is he eating hay when he is about to be ridden?
Easy to do with your own horse etc but try that approach in a commercial environment. Yard staff would spend most of their day untying and tying up nets.
Its absolutely not a problem - I have staff and a pretty comcercial environment but I would not have a haynet on the yard. All my horses eat off the floor - a horse is designed to eat from the ground and feeding off the floor keeps their head and neck in the correct position and in turn that releases the gastric juices to aid digestion. It also eliminates any problems with haynets being caught in any part of the horses anatomy - and we all know that horses are born with an overwhelming wish to find trouble and hurt/kill themselves - and saves hours of time filling the nets, tying them up, checking they are tied up correctly etc etc. The only time I use a net is on the lorry when travelling.
So what's your issue - use of nets or hay before riding?
I have no issue - I do not have a problem - we can tack our horses up just fine. I was trying to suggest that having a haynet in front of a horse that you are trying to tack up is not going to make the job very easy or safe especially if, as seems possible, the OP is fairly inexperienced.