Halter Redo

In August, I bought Izzy a new halter when his hand-me-down halter started showing more than a little wear. It was a beautiful, black leather Schockemohle with stainless steel hardware, and I had even ordered and attached a name plate. The whole thing lasted about two weeks before he very uncharacteristically sat back - on purpose, I might add, and broke it. Jerk.

The name plate should read, BIG JERK.

As luck would have it, I got a brand new leather halter just a week or two later as a raffle prize while at a clinic in September. The halter was donated by Melanie Lindbeck, proprietress of Show One More Time. I placed another order from Haltertags.com, and then waited for the new name plate to arrive.

I am stuck in my own personal Ground Hog day.

The name plate arrived this week. I dragged out my hole punch and a tube of Loctite and got to work.

The last halter was black with stainless steel which I really liked. The brown leather and brass look just as pretty.

Since Izzy's not really a "puller," I don't think he'll break this one. I rarely hard tie my horses, and when I do, I am always standing right there. Since he managed to break the other halter while I was "standing right there," my proximity is obviously no guarantee. 

He's been in the rope halter for the past month and hasn't even thought about pulling back, and that includes being at the cavaletti clinic in September where he stood at the trailer for hours. Rather than hard tying my horses, I use Blocker Tie rings while tacking up at the ranch and in and outside the trailer. ​

I'll continue using my Blocker Tie Rings, but the big brown horse better not even think about breaking a second halter. The Universe doesn't like me well enough to give me a second free halter. Sheesh.