I loooove Elisa Wallace's videos!
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Thank you for pointing this one out! I didn't find this one in searches before.An alternative to the Blocker Tie Ring is this one:
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=562395F7-7B04-4429-BE72-44297A937B9F
https://www.ridingwarehouse.com/The_Safe_Clip_by_Smart_Tie_/descpage-ECHSC.html
It works basically the same way, is a little bit cheaper. I've heard from people who use & like both.
I hadn't thought of that! Thank you for the suggestion. I hadn't thought of using twine.Use twine at the top - connect the crosstie to the eye with twine.
I've never heard of that trainer...now I'll have to go and see her videos! I honestly didn't even think of working on this with Ginger, the horse. Thank you for the suggestion. It would probably really help her, considering she doesn't like the pressure on her face and tends to panic when it happens. (thus this issue with the cross ties)Or, get one of the natural halters, put on a pair of gloves, treats, (and your helmet if you want), take her to a fenced arena, and start ground work with the pressure and release method every day for ten minutes or so, then switch out halters until she gets used to it. It’s used in natural horsemanship and a lot of mustang trainers start teaching that as one of the first steps in gentle breaking. Elisa Wallace (she’s a 5 star event rider who also got into mustangs) has a lot of great videos on halter training with the natural horsemanship halters.
Thank you for the reply! Ah okay, I see. We have a lot of twine so I'll look into using it.Twine between the eye and the crosstie is an old school trick…back in the days before they had the fancy quick release options. If a horse goes down or there’s an incident, it breaks, so it works the same (just cheaper)!
The natural halter has pressure points - so it slides (it’s hard to put into words) to apply pressure to the poll if the horse pulls and releases pressure as they stop pulling. It teaches them pressure/release, the same concept that squeezing legs and release teaches them to move forward when being ridden. I’d look into buying one specifically unless the rope halter is the same thing. And watch lots of videos on training with one…you don’t want to crosstie her in it - it’s just a training device (although plenty of people do ground and crosstie horses in them when they’re well broke to it).
Wear gloves. Elisa wears her XC vest a lot when working with new mustangs on the ground, as well as a helmet. But everyone has different levels of risk that they’re comfortable with, so do what works for you.
https://naturalhorsemanshipequipment.com/products/halter