Susie -- Circe has obviously been reading this thread!
I played with her for a while and then turned her back out into the arena for a minute while I put together their dinners, and I left her halter on her (I pretty much never do this).
I got to talking and completely forgot she was still there -- in the gathering darkness I looked over to see my forlorn forgotten darling waiting patiently by the gate for me to notice her and bring her to dinner...
...sans halter.
She'd gotten it off -- I got her home and wandered around until I found it -- it's a soft, wide rope halter that she managed to completely untie.
Her Houdini capabilities are not limited to gates, apparently...
I so adore her.
xo
Leigh
PS: Sorry Ivy, we've wandered off base a bit...
PPS: Susie, speaking of bits, I went looking at wire bits online after your crack about the barbed wire gag
Man, I'd forgotten how tough the language is when people write about bits. It's been so long since I've even looked at any ads for bits -- so much stuff about "correction" and "getting attention" and "control" -- for example, for a 1/2 inch twisted wire bit:
"Extremely good bit if you need help getting your horse's legs underneath him and his rear end down. The short gag action collects a horse very well. The small twisted wire adds some "bite" to give this light bit more control "
Ugh.
PPPS: I'm sorry, my comments above about the bits are breaking our forum expectations about not blasting stuff outside of AND -- I just was so taken off guard because it's been so long since I've looked at any of this kind of advertising. I never was a fan of harsh bits but this is so far outside of how I think about how to engage with horses now that it just stopped me short!
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