Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Halters & Leadlines

PERSONALIZED HALTERS

Most riders like myself probably own a couple of halters with their horses name engraved and mounted on the side of it. The leather ones are a really nice choice, they go with most of the leathers that match your saddle. They also have the leather lead lines you can purchase to make it look more like a matched set. This is one of many selections out there, some people use these when showing their horse in the halter division of the show ring.

COLORED HALTERS

They make so many fun colors and designs with these nylon halters, you just have to have more than one or two. For the young riders they really like the neon colors and the leadlines to match, plus the colors often match the saddle pad you have for your saddles.

ROPE HALTERS

I would recommend these to a horse that has a habit of pulling backwards when they are being taught to stand or simply tied to the horse trailer. Many times they pull on the standard leadlines and break the snaps on them. When this happens you have to buy a new leadline snap, so that is just one suggestion for using the nylon rope halters.

HALTER SIZES

Make sure you know the size of the halter or halters you will need. For instance don't pick up a yearling halter to go on a full grown horse, or one for a pony to fit a full size horse. I have made that mistake myself in purchasing one that really caught my eye and then discovered it was to small for my horse. Some halters have sizes on them so just look for the size if it is listed on the item.



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