There are a lot of horsey "rules" that people follow because their instructor/friend/whatever told them way back when they first got into horses. I tend to break a few of them from time to time...
Such as feeding treats from a flat hand. I don't always feed from a flat hand, I just feed from a partially closed fist or for carrots, like a lot of people, I just hand it to them. For really small treats (Peppermint for example) I still feed it from a flat fist though.
And sometimes if I'm just going from stall to crosstie (Right next to the stall) I'll just lead by the halter (Very unsafe and a no no, right :rofl. There's also putting a girth on starting at a certain side. I just put the girth on whichever side is closest first. (But I'm also using a girth with elastic on both sides)
What "rules" do you guys break from time to time?
~Stormy
Such as feeding treats from a flat hand. I don't always feed from a flat hand, I just feed from a partially closed fist or for carrots, like a lot of people, I just hand it to them. For really small treats (Peppermint for example) I still feed it from a flat fist though.
And sometimes if I'm just going from stall to crosstie (Right next to the stall) I'll just lead by the halter (Very unsafe and a no no, right :rofl. There's also putting a girth on starting at a certain side. I just put the girth on whichever side is closest first. (But I'm also using a girth with elastic on both sides)
What "rules" do you guys break from time to time?
~Stormy