Safety Orange, Yellow and Rainbow

 The neighbours across the street have two ancient retired geldings. One is a 30+ yr old paint, and a little Arabian whose age is a mystery (he was old when they got him!)

 

Cute old houdinis

 

Last weekend, they escaped (for the 2 or 3rd time this year). I only realized they were out because I heard Tesla thundering in the pasture and peeked out to see  resulting chaos. These two boys were trampling through front yards (where young kids were hanging lights - YIKES!). I ran down to help, but the father and daughter were already on it, and there was some heated words about the halters not being on the gate, so I let them handle it, and made sure my own ponies weren't doing anything too silly in the pasture.

I have halters hanging everywhere just in case the girls were to escape: I have some in the barn next to stalls, on all the pasture gates, all except the main property gate, and I realized how much of a PANIC INDUCED RUN it would take to retrieve current hanging halters if needed, so I straightaway went and ordered some matching lead ropes from Riding Warehouse to go with my Orange and Yellow Bio-rope Biothane Halters from Two Horse Tack. That way the next time any ponies go on a joy ride, there are eyeball blinding safety halters within reach (seriously, you can't miss them ;)

 

 

"Emergency Halters were hung on the front gate with care in hopes that loose ponies soon wouldn't be there. "

A note on the bio-rope halters: Super impressed with how these have held up: still as bright as new even tho' they are mostly hanging outside. I like that you can use them as a spare under a regular halter when trailering, and they will break: the rope is only rated to 300lbs of pressure. Super easy to slip in a pocket of keep in a car or anywhere you might have loose horses, and the thin rope gives you a bit of leverage for naughtiness if needed.