I agree that a helmet and gloves are smart - I once got smucked in the head by my horse when he was tied to a trailer and he threw his head into mine for some horsey reason (no intent to hurt, but not a pleasant experience). I've also had some pretty good rope burns on my palms from horses ripping away from me when I wasn't wearing gloves. Make sure you don't carry the "spare" length of lead looped around your hand - getting dragged is no fun either (and also a risk of losing a finger or two).
Jeanne White in Southern Wisconsin
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From: "sylviasmiskoe@aol.com" <sylviasmiskoe@aol.com>
To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 8:26:19 AM
Subject: Re: [haflingerfriends] Re: broken elbow - a valuable lesson
In addition to the gloves and helmet I would add a chain shank. It is not cruel and if the horse is behaving it is no different from a lead rope. I cannot comment on rope vs leather halters because here in New England they are hardly ever seen. Always keep the horse's nose in line with your shoulder and don't have any slack.
Cheers,
Sylvia in NH
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From: hol2haf3 <geristew@jeffnet.org>
To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Feb 7, 2010 11:14 pm
Subject: [haflingerfriends] Re: broken elbow - a valuable lesson
Were you wearing gloves, I hope? And a helmet is a good idea when working with new to you horses. A kick in the head is usually a death sentence. Geri again.
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "susanna_thorne" <susanna_thorne@...> wrote:
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> i'll be brief because typing left handed is new to me. i took my new to me haflinger mare for a walk in the woods. we were on a well packed snow mobile trail. it was the first day of moderate weather, maine has seen all winter.
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> i asked my husband to walk with me because i didn't know how the mare would act.
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> so with a rope halter and lead we walked. my mare was doing very well. we were both enjoying the sun shine and crisp temperatures. we were on th way home i gave her some slack with the lead, she picked up speed and swung her butt around and planted her hoof smack on my right elbow. it's broken!
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> the tragedy is that i'm 8 weeks away from graduating from nursing school. we've been working on ground manners like not pushing, crowding but obviously we were not ready to be out of the paddock.
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> and more obvious is that my mare does not recognize me as the leader.
> so, it's back to establishing who's boss in a firm, consistent manner. i did some research and this mare has a well established history of being pushy. any thoughts on how to correct the butt swing and how to set the tone that crowding, pushing and brat behavoir is not tolerated. gots to go i'm studying for a cardiac exam
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