tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post3712769970414792406..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Weanling/yearlings: Lead rope safetyStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-42017892620296982492009-01-18T16:51:00.000-05:002009-01-18T16:51:00.000-05:00Interesting post! I haven't had a new-born or a we...Interesting post! I haven't had a new-born or a weanling since I was 10 years old, so I never considered lead rope safety..., although my Hanoverian gelding is dangling rope shy and has stopped traffic while running from the 30 foot lunge line. He wove in and out between the stopped cars on the main highway, probably a half a dozen cars with me screaming "whoa", chasing him and two big dogs Magdalen Islandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685952336207093650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-5833998125681751672009-01-15T18:34:00.000-05:002009-01-15T18:34:00.000-05:00Very true, and I realize that some baby situations...Very true, and I realize that some baby situations are open range type deals. We helped a family friend desensitze babies but it was much more difficult than our people friendly from birth little filly for a couple of reasons: the dams were hardly in your pocket types and they were on about 5 acres of pasture. Not a walk in the park by any means. One nice thing about babies is that they Dawsonfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027540248141972742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-14279615138731330352009-01-15T13:47:00.000-05:002009-01-15T13:47:00.000-05:00That works if you have the baby from the get go --...That works if you have the baby from the get go -- I bought Riley at 3 weeks but he was 4 hours away -- didn't really own him till he was 5 months.<BR/><BR/>That truly is the best idea yet, however, those tiny babies don't have much weight to throw around and they aren't insecure as weanlings typically are.Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-8748853434102536312009-01-15T10:31:00.000-05:002009-01-15T10:31:00.000-05:00Of course another way to do it is simply have a co...Of course another way to do it is simply have a cotton rope and desensitize the foal to the rope without keeping it contained. Depending on how friendly the foal is and how protective the mare is, you can work on this within a couple of days of birth, using the rope to massage the foal, drape it over its back and let it drag without any worry that it will get caught. If the foal is pretty Dawsonfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027540248141972742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-39485709706927962232009-01-15T01:01:00.000-05:002009-01-15T01:01:00.000-05:00Great work. Really love these beauties. Take careGreat work. Really love these beauties. Take careAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-43378611702793358692009-01-14T23:25:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:25:00.000-05:00Thank you for this one! I lost a very special year...Thank you for this one! I lost a very special yearling filly who got away from her handler with the lead "chasing" her. She had remarkable speed until she hit the fence wide open and crushed her trachea. She died about 90 seconds later. RIP Ella. We have used a drag line in a stall or stall-sized pen to desensitize our horses of all ages ever since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com