Rose ties pretty well these days, but I figure it's always good to have more practice. I've long been remiss about the fact that pretty much no facility I've boarded at has had a place I could leave her tied for long periods while keeping an eye on her. Then, the other day, while I put away our jumps and she wondered around the arena naked it occurred to me that a while back (when I was pregnant) the BO put up a tie ring and I could now feasibly tie her up while I set up and put away jump. This would be handy in several ways:
- Rose gets more practice standing tied while something is going on (me banging jump standards and poles around)
- Jump set up/put away will go faster as I can just leave the arena gate open.
- I don't have to pull my tack and then re-tack her when we leave (she's threatened to roll in my tack recently...leading to the naked wondering time post ride)
So, last night I grabbed a blocker tie ring, brought her halter to the arena with us, and gave it a go. I wish I had done this ages ago! It saves me so much time and I feel certain that a young horse can never have enough time spent standing tied and developing patients.
Happy trails and swooshing tails!
•DS•
That's brilliant!!! And yes tying training is the best for teaching patience. :) In fact I need to work with Chrome on it again... hehe. It's been a while.
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