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Post by wally on Feb 1, 2009 16:30:47 GMT
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mikeb
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Post by mikeb on Feb 1, 2009 17:54:21 GMT
A left handed rope - I've seen it all now!!!
Just goes to show - there's one born every minute ;D
If you don't actually ride your horse and just spend all day chasing it around with a 'carrot stick' on the end of a 'savvy line' then you may aswell have the best!
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Post by happyhorsedriver on Feb 1, 2009 20:02:46 GMT
Words escape me...
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Post by rabatsa on Feb 1, 2009 22:13:41 GMT
It reminds me of the April Fool that MacDonalds did one year, they sold Cheese burgers in left handed buns. Right handed people complained that they wanted right handed buns!
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zoonie
Single Horse
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Post by zoonie on Feb 1, 2009 23:39:48 GMT
So - now we know what you get up to when you're bored!!! Left handed ropes are essential as you have your carrot stick/wand/whip in your right hand of course. Sheeesh! All my lunge lines are ambidextrous
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Post by wally on Feb 2, 2009 9:46:33 GMT
Do you pay extra to have ambidextrous rope? I am off to the ship chandlers to ask them for some left handed rope. I was being preached to by an evengelical NH person the other day. They went on and on and on, ..and on..........about working the horse from the ground. I don't think he stopped let it cross his mind that teaching horses to drive does, in fact involve just a bit of ground work. Funny isn't it how nearly every horse, once trained to harness will accept a rider without question, ....but not the other way about........I wonder why.......
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Post by rabatsa on Feb 2, 2009 13:08:30 GMT
Ambidextrous rope must be double the price of one handed rope at least. Then there is the rarity value to add on to that price.
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Post by fly on Feb 3, 2009 13:30:25 GMT
LOL!
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Post by wally on Feb 4, 2009 10:30:24 GMT
Apparently, doing a search on the net there is such a thing as left handed rope, all it refers to is the twist in the rope. they also call it water laid rope.
But haivng searched further is seems only to have one use, making cattle roping lariots. If you are a left handed cattle roper apparently it coils up better.
Which is all well and good, but I havn't needed to rope any cattle or horses recently.
My cattle come to call, as do most UK cattle most likely.
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Post by happyhorsedriver on Feb 4, 2009 20:16:35 GMT
LOL always someone out there looking to make a quick buck with some new fangled idea or another ;D
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Post by fly on Feb 7, 2009 12:09:28 GMT
I've always been suspicious of the NH brigade, I now know I was right!
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Post by wally on Feb 7, 2009 14:28:12 GMT
Did anyone see the Pat Parelli (the great Fringèd one) DVD on driving?
It's a real hoot, I started off laughing, then I got cross.
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Post by happyhorsedriver on Feb 8, 2009 0:30:42 GMT
Mmmmmh sounds interesting where can we get hold of the DVD to be "educated"
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Post by rabatsa on Feb 8, 2009 9:50:23 GMT
As long as it does not cost too much like the rest of the parrelli stuff.
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Post by wally on Feb 8, 2009 14:36:17 GMT
A friend sent me hers to watch, it was a real eye opener.
He had two heavy draught horses in pairs, long reining the,....from the back of another horse he was riding. The collars on these poor horses were about 3 inches too small, I felt like I was choking watching it. Then he has swivel cheek liverpools on them on plain cheek and the poor horse had the ring digging right into his muzzle and he was objection but nobody noticed.
He never actually explained anything, it was an exercise in "look at ME"
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