Riding Solo
…ramp or use two house doormats to improve your horse’s “purchase.”) Next, with your horse in a correctly fitted halter and a long lead, position him in back of the…
…ramp or use two house doormats to improve your horse’s “purchase.”) Next, with your horse in a correctly fitted halter and a long lead, position him in back of the…
…his head toward whatever’s pulling on him, we want him to do so without having pulled away first. When a horse is wearing a halter and lead, there’s no physical…
…I recommend using just a halter and lead rope or reins (if you need a connection on both sides of the horse’s head) as this offers the gentlest connection and…
…or in front of potential buyers. His clean halter is fitted properly, and the workmanlike lead shank is correctly attached to the halter’s lower ring. The horse’s clean white coat…
…neck, shoulder, and belly and hugging his head. At this point, John put the halter on. Attaching the lariat to the halter, he again sent his colt forward, gently turned…
…to a forward pull on the halter. Instructions: Stand next to your horse head facing forward. Grasp the base of the rope halter with your hand, just above where the…
…brought back in, flanked by cowboys on horses who shepherded the colts into their own round pen to await their trainer. None of the colts wore a halter. At that…
…I still begin in the round pen with a horse who hasn’t been halter trained or who can’t safely be haltered or led. That lets me find a starting point…
…Brittany Hawkins, equine communications intern who has been helping to coordinate the halter sale as part of her internship project. “The halters are wonderful heirlooms and, even in times such…
…this is key—we found a clean halter with untarnished silver and made sure it was properly fitted to his head. If you don’t have a silver halter, and can’t borrow…