Rope Halters

Ureventer · 04-11-2008, 09:11 AM

I love rope halters

I have to disagree with you MS, I think they're great to train with.

I actually need to go out and buy one, as mine got stolen...(which probably proves that people like them

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Cami1230 · 04-11-2008, 09:30 AM

I like them! I just bought one off ebay too

Haas Horse Farm · 04-11-2008, 09:46 AM

Oh no someone is going to think my champion in hand mare is ugly! Well maybe when kissing!!!!

Flying Stars · 04-11-2008, 09:50 AM

I like them for some things (ease of adjustment for multiple horses, use on the trail, etc) but I must say I cringe when my friends ship their horses in them. Maybe that's OK when they aren't tied, but these horses are tied in the trailer to the rope halter. That's a disaster waiting to happen.

Haas Horse Farm · 04-11-2008, 10:38 AM

How is that any worse than a shipping halter? Sorry I do not understand your post at all.

Goonhorse · 04-11-2008, 10:45 AM

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my rope halter. I've used it on a mare that would just pull me around with a nylon halter. With the rope halter she was improved about 50%, with training, she was improved 20%.

I think they look neat, as long as they are well made, and not really thick rope.

Amber.Molly · 04-11-2008, 10:52 AM

I love rope halters! Unfortunately mine were taken... and I can't find a big enough one for the horse I'm riding now. I saw this one that would have looked SO purdy on him, and had a little bit of rawhide on the nose band. But of course he's a monstrosity of huge heads.

Ali got spoiled and has a leather halter, which I LOVE. I don't really have anything against the nylon ones... I have 2 right now! LOL

HHF - do you show in that halter as well? I've never seen that before!

Why? · 04-11-2008, 10:53 AM

I love rope halters too!!!! I do not even use a nylon halter anymore.

LuvMy2Horses · 04-11-2008, 10:54 AM

Use use them everytime I'm out with my horses. Our horses excite REALLY easy so I use them to keep them under control. I like them so much I bought a rope hackamore. Midnight had all winter off, and this past week was the first he's been ridden since last year. He spooked but he calmed right down with the hackamore on him.

I love 'em!!Lol.

Haas Horse Farm · 04-11-2008, 10:57 AM

At the foundation shows you do show in rope or cowboy halters as they are called. You cannot show with any silver, just working tack.

What size rope halter do you need? I might have one or be able to get on to work for you.

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Originally Posted by Amber.Ali

I love rope halters! Unfortunately mine were taken... and I can't find a big enough one for the horse I'm riding now. I saw this one that would have looked SO purdy on him, and had a little bit of rawhide on the nose band. But of course he's a monstrosity of huge heads.

Ali got spoiled and has a leather halter, which I LOVE. I don't really have anything against the nylon ones... I have 2 right now! LOL

HHF - do you show in that halter as well? I've never seen that before!

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04-11-2008, 09:11 AM	#11
Ureventer Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Munchkinland (fa la la) Posts: 5,209 Images: 36 Blog Entries: 44	I love rope halters I have to disagree with you MS, I think they're great to train with. I actually need to go out and buy one, as mine got stolen...(which probably proves that people like them ) __________________ ♥Formal Attyre Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

04-11-2008, 09:50 AM	#14
Flying Stars Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Eastern Seaboard Posts: 10	I like them for some things (ease of adjustment for multiple horses, use on the trail, etc) but I must say I cringe when my friends ship their horses in them. Maybe that's OK when they aren't tied, but these horses are tied in the trailer to the rope halter. That's a disaster waiting to happen. __________________ "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."

04-11-2008, 10:45 AM	#16
Goonhorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: A Hawkeye (IA) in the land of Hoosiers (IN) Posts: 2,655 Images: 263 Blog Entries: 150	I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my rope halter. I've used it on a mare that would just pull me around with a nylon halter. With the rope halter she was improved about 50%, with training, she was improved 20%. I think they look neat, as long as they are well made, and not really thick rope. __________________ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -Psalm 139:22-23

04-11-2008, 10:52 AM	#17
Amber.Molly Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,234 Images: 327 Blog Entries: 90	I love rope halters! Unfortunately mine were taken... and I can't find a big enough one for the horse I'm riding now. I saw this one that would have looked SO purdy on him, and had a little bit of rawhide on the nose band. But of course he's a monstrosity of huge heads. Ali got spoiled and has a leather halter, which I LOVE. I don't really have anything against the nylon ones... I have 2 right now! LOL HHF - do you show in that halter as well? I've never seen that before! __________________ *God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change*

04-11-2008, 09:30 AM	#12
Cami1230 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 444	I like them! I just bought one off ebay too

04-11-2008, 10:53 AM	#18
Why? Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In MN Posts: 427 Images: 13	I love rope halters too!!!! I do not even use a nylon halter anymore. __________________ Why?

04-11-2008, 10:54 AM	#19
LuvMy2Horses Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Why?What have you heard?? Posts: 1,051 Images: 116	Use use them everytime I'm out with my horses. Our horses excite REALLY easy so I use them to keep them under control. I like them so much I bought a rope hackamore. Midnight had all winter off, and this past week was the first he's been ridden since last year. He spooked but he calmed right down with the hackamore on him. I love 'em!!Lol. __________________ LuvMy2Horses- Buddy Decker Midnight Horses are God's apology for men!

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