Mustang Talk

      I would like to past on my feeling on leaving your halter on your horse. I think this is a bad practise for the safety of your horse. When you turn your horse loose with his halter on it can and does get caught on things. I saw a young filly turned out in a pasture with her halter on. She was found the next day with it caught on a standpipe she had a dislocated jaw and need 160 stitches in her face. She had a hard time eating and look terrible. She was put down about a year later. I also meet a mare that was crippled because she had her halter left on. The owners had turned her loose with her halter on and went to town when they returned the next day they found her with her hind foot caught on the side of the halter she had fought it for a long and pulled her hip out of place she was no longer a useful horse and had to live a life of pain. These are some of the worst things that can happen but they do happen so next time you want to leave your halters on think of they safety. Try to make your horse as safe as you can it is our responsibility to take care of them. 

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