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and desensitizing a horse to accept restraints on its legs. This helps a horse accept pressure on its legs in case it ever becomes entangled in barbed wire or fencing. A hobble-trained horse is less likely to pull, struggle, and cut its legs in a panic, since it has been taught to give to pressure in
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Western hobbles are normally used to secure a horse when no tie device, tree, or other object is available for that purpose; e.g., when, if traveling across open lands, a rider has to dismount for various reasons. Hobbles also allow a horse to graze and move short distances slowly, yet prevent the
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may be made in the same manner as above, but with a longer chain to hobble a front and back leg. Rope may also replace the chain. They, too, are placed around the pasterns. This pattern may be useful on a persistent jumper or a horse that has mastered the art of travelling in front leg
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is a strap placed around the front pastern, and then the leg is lifted and the strap is wrapped around the upper leg and then buckled, leaving the horse with three legs to stand on.
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horse from running off too far. This is handy at night if the rider has to get some sleep; using a hobble ensures that, in the morning, they can find their horse not too far away.
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are knee hobbles that are made with a quick release, on a lead that passes to the rider. They are used to mount fractious horses and when mounted the rider can retrieve them.
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wear as a belt and can be used neck strap, lunch-time hobble, or tie for a “micky”. This hobble is made with three pieces of leather and two rings, plus a buckle fastening.
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claims "a Persian army is good for nothing at night. Their horses are haltered, and, as a rule, hobbled as well to prevent their escaping as they might if loose."
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are the same as the above, but with another rope or strap attached to the other hind foot. When these straps or ropes are pulled up together, the horse will fall.
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are a strong strap with a metal keeper in the middle and a buckle at the end. They are used on the hind legs for a short period when capturing feral cattle.
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have a buckle on a wide double redhide or chrome leather strap and a swivel and 5 ring chain connecting them. They are placed around the pasterns.
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usually fasten around a mare's hocks, pass between her front legs to a neck strap. They are used to protect a stallion from kicks.
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are made in a similar pattern to the above and hobble three or four legs. Used for securing legs for operations, etc.
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passes from a neck strap and around a hind pastern to draw up a hind foot for shoeing or treatment.
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The above patterns are unsuitable for training, as they can tighten around a leg and cause injury.
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is a single hobble that is placed on a front pastern and then attached to a tether chain.
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A hobble is illustrated on a silver vase excavated from a 4th century B.C. tomb at
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Device for preventing or limiting the locomotion of a human or animal
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one or more legs. Although hobbles are most commonly used on
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William Watson Goodwin and John Williams White, ed. (1883).
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