milliepops
Wears headscarf aggressively
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Silly question about haynets and tacking up
- Thread starter SaddlePsych'D
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rajubhaiya
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I'm happy for them to be eating their hay until I want to put the bridle on -at that point I put reins over the neck and move the horse so they are facing away from the net and that's where they stay until we leave the stable to get going. if they tried to pull back to the hay I'd correct that.
milliepops
Wears headscarf aggressively
JulesRules
Well-Known Member
I let mine eat their hay while i do the saddle and then remove the haynet to put the bridle on. It just saves an argument, especially since my Highland had a new bridle with an extra strap. If he has hay I literally have to wrestle him into it.
My coloured Mare isn't quite so difficult and her bridle is more straightforward which helps so she usually gets to keep her hay.
My coloured Mare isn't quite so difficult and her bridle is more straightforward which helps so she usually gets to keep her hay.
rajubhaiya
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criso
Coming over here & taking your jobs since 1900
I'm similar, bridle on at the last minute. However I lead out and then do the noseband up to give him a chance to finish anything in his mouth. I have a micklem so sits more like a drop.
I expect him to stop eating without any fuss when I put the bridle on but let him go back to the net while I fiddle with gloves and hat
9tails
Well-Known Member
I put the bridle on and then lead her out to the mounting block with her mouthful of hay. Once she's finished her mouthful I do the noseband up and get on. No drama, no pushing her around, life is a journey not a race.
SaddlePsych'D
Well-Known Member
We must have done at exactly the same time haha!
Also looking back at me starting this thread. Jeez SP'D!