Jill
Aspiring Cowgirl
I thought it would be good to start a thread of helpful tips for people. Here are some of mine:
- If you don't have water pumps / faucets in your barn or at the paddocks, you can use 5 gallon plastic gas cans (never used for gas before) to lug water in the winter when your hose can't be used due to freezing. This works better than buckets because the water won't slosh out on you.
- When using "stud chains" never put them over the nose as it can cause damage, and never lunge with one. Put the chain under the chin, not over the nose. You still have the control you want/need but will not damage the horse's face.
- Keep an eye on your water and feed buckets. At the place where the metal loops around to attach to the plastic, the black rubber end caprs fall of over time. This leaves a gap and horses can rub and catch their eye lid which then rips. This happened to us 3x over the years before we finally figured out what was happening and every year, others here post that they learned this the hard way, too.
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