Horn rope tether/lead onto trailer - PICS NOW IN OP
Jan 14, 2015 3:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by dunderi on Jan 14, 2015 3:27:26 GMT -5
ORIGINAL POST - I'm needing to get a reluctant, agile, large beef heifer onto a trailer.
She's determined not to go, and she's not halter trained (although she's calm and will eat out of your hand) and I'm wanting to try the rope around her horns to stop her bolting away.
getting it on her isn't going to be a problem, I'm just wanting anyone who's used this method to speak up with any pointers?
(plenty of pics online, seems to be the tether of choice for many countries)
I'm too pregnant to repeat today's unsuccessful loading, Sophie won't be an issue since she's haltered - but I need this bloke to be able to take these heifers.
aaaaand go. Please
She's determined not to go, and she's not halter trained (although she's calm and will eat out of your hand) and I'm wanting to try the rope around her horns to stop her bolting away.
getting it on her isn't going to be a problem, I'm just wanting anyone who's used this method to speak up with any pointers?
(plenty of pics online, seems to be the tether of choice for many countries)
I'm too pregnant to repeat today's unsuccessful loading, Sophie won't be an issue since she's haltered - but I need this bloke to be able to take these heifers.
aaaaand go. Please
SO. we did it succesfully - and with much thanks to those who provided relevant and helpful advice regarding the use of a horn rope.
now there are pics of the red girl being loaded, but they were taken by a techniphobic mum who was a bit busy reminding me how pregnant i am - so they aren't any good.
Here are the ones my brother took (he's 20) :-) of Sophie being loaded - and you can see step by step, Nuffy was already in the trailer but much the same deal (except she yelled much more about it).
Both girls were loaded in very short order - without yards, i'd recommend this as a viable method. keep the ropes under some tension - the red girl we had tied off to AT LEAST one stout post, and or a heavy vehicle, at all times, as if they get off, that's it. with caution, it was pretty simple.
here's the pic of the red cow once roped. they sort of wig out a bit at first, but it does not appear to hurt them, and they do yield to it very, very quickly. it's just a basic, simple noose. takes a tenth of a second to slip it over her head, the other end was already tied off to a stout post. don't get between the cow and the post where you might get in the path of the rope - safety first.
**disclaimer - i don't usually have my fleshy bits showing, however please ignore how huge i am in the below photos. I'm wearing jeans about 4 sizes bigger than i regularly do, being that i'm in my third trimester.**
ok so here is Sophie, happy and haltered, head buried in hay, while the red heifer was loaded.
I give her a pat, and slip the noose over her horns.
now you can sort of see here, the rope i'm holding is triple looped over the post there. i'm not holding her directly. just waiting while they get the trailer open.
you can see here the horn rope around her crown. she's wearing her halter but there's nothing hooked to it.
so we send the tail of the rope i'm holding into the door and out the front of the cage trailer. i unloop it from the post, and the tension is taken up at the front - couple of men. we did use the 4x4 for the red heifer, mind you.
with tension on the front, and me clapping/"hoi"-ing from behind, it's a matter of a few big steps in the right direction.
up, up, and inside next to her buddy
a good smack on the bottom for the final step, and i could then close the door.
paperwork/waybill all done for the legals, and this is the last view of my girls.
and that was that. hope it helps someone.