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| 1446.1 | Never wrap a rope around your hand. | GENRAL::LEECH | NEVER assume anything. | Mon Apr 08 1991 19:05 | 17 |
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When I was in 4-H one of my leaders was trying to load a horse in a
trailer. In the process of trying to get this horse in, she went and
ran a long rope from the halter up around the front divider bar and
then back out the trailer where she held it while she stood behind the
horse and tapped it with a whip. Somehow the rope got wrapped around
her hand and thumb and when the horse pulled back the rope tightened on
her thumb and pulled it off of her hand. She ended up in the emergency
room and where they finished amputating the thumb.
NEVER wrap a rope or reins around your hand. Even the calmest horse in
the world can spook when being led and you can end up minus a few
fingers.
Pat.
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| 1446.2 | wrapping reins!! | ISLNDS::GARROW | | Tue Apr 09 1991 11:48 | 4 |
| After reading the last one about the 4-H leader, I guess I was lucky
when I only broke a finger!!!!
Caryl
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| 1446.3 | Not to mention you could kill the horse. | LEDS::HORSEY | | Tue Apr 09 1991 18:38 | 6 |
| That is no way to load a horse - if the horse spooks it can break its
own neck. You can't winch a horse into a trailer.
However, with babies that really don't want to get on (or, twice, off)
a trailer, I have been able to turn them around and back them on or
off, and once they are in place it doesn't seem so spooky to them.
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| 1446.4 | ALWAYS wear gloves....... | DUCK::GILLOTTW | | Wed Apr 10 1991 07:29 | 8 |
| I think another thing to remember is (I know this might sound
obvious) but ALWAYS wear gloves when leading/loading a horse
into a trailer/lorry no matter how hot it is. Gloves will take
most of the wear and tear instead of your bare hands, and will
prevent rope burn.
Wendy
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| 1446.5 | And........ | BOOVX2::MANDILE | | Wed Apr 10 1991 13:02 | 4 |
| Re .4 - and use a cotton rope to lead and to tie.
Nylon burns like a son of a gun, and doesn't break easily.
L-
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| 1446.6 | | BOSOX::LCOBURN | Never play leapfrog with a unicorn | Wed Apr 10 1991 14:44 | 5 |
| I have break away ties in my trailer, and don't allow anyone to tie
with their own lead shanks. I also hate to haul a horse that's not
wearing a leather halter, I've heard too many horror stories of horses
getting hung up in trailers I guess.
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| 1446.7 | | CSCMA::SMITH | | Thu Apr 11 1991 17:53 | 9 |
| It's hard to get this into the kids heads as to how much danger
they put themselves into when they are holding the lead wrong.
Just this weekend when my daughter and I were giving the horse a
bath, she somehow got her finger caught in the lead rope chain.
After telling her the story of the 4-h leader, I don't think she'll
do that again! ;^}
Sharon
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