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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1748431" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Well, finally! Molly has a halter on. It was a very dramatic 3 minute ordeal involving lots of spinning in circles, rope-throwing by an inept moron (that would be me), stepping in poop 13 times (me again), and Molly standing on my left foot while calculating how high she would have to jump to get over my head and out of her stall. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😲" title="Astonished face :astonished:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f632.png" data-shortname=":astonished:" /> I used my elbow as a "horn" in her neck to back her off my foot (good thing she's not so big, no broken toes, yay!), and finally got the damblasted thing on her face and buckled up. That's the good news. The bad news is it's just a teeny bit too small, so I've ordered a larger size and when it gets here, I'll do the whole thing again to switch the halters out. The current one is fine except it's a little tight in the throat when her head is lifted up, and it's already on the last hole. She's not choking or anything, and it doesn't seem to bother her, but I like to see a little daylight between her jowl and the throat strap when she's standing normally. (And a few more holes for future growth...)</p><p></p><p>But whew! I always put a baby foal halter on my calves when they're a day old, because I share milk with the calves, so I need one on them, and they get used to it right from day one and I never have any problems. Molly, on the other hand, is 14 (going on 15) months old and has never EVER had a halter on. So I think I did pretty good for an old lady, alone in a 12'x12' stall with a teenage (half) Jersey Drama Queen. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Our weather has been ugly the past few days, but today looks like it will be sunny, so I'll see if I can get a couple of picture of her in her "new outfit." The hunter green and brass accents look really good against her red hair. Her new halter is the same, just a couple sizes larger.</p><p></p><p>Once we get the new halter on and she's calmed down a bit, we'll work on tying and leading. She still hasn't had a heat since she's been here, so I might need to take her in for a reproductive exam this summer, and having her halter broke will certainly make THAT easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1748431, member: 8202"] Well, finally! Molly has a halter on. It was a very dramatic 3 minute ordeal involving lots of spinning in circles, rope-throwing by an inept moron (that would be me), stepping in poop 13 times (me again), and Molly standing on my left foot while calculating how high she would have to jump to get over my head and out of her stall. 😲 I used my elbow as a "horn" in her neck to back her off my foot (good thing she's not so big, no broken toes, yay!), and finally got the damblasted thing on her face and buckled up. That's the good news. The bad news is it's just a teeny bit too small, so I've ordered a larger size and when it gets here, I'll do the whole thing again to switch the halters out. The current one is fine except it's a little tight in the throat when her head is lifted up, and it's already on the last hole. She's not choking or anything, and it doesn't seem to bother her, but I like to see a little daylight between her jowl and the throat strap when she's standing normally. (And a few more holes for future growth...) But whew! I always put a baby foal halter on my calves when they're a day old, because I share milk with the calves, so I need one on them, and they get used to it right from day one and I never have any problems. Molly, on the other hand, is 14 (going on 15) months old and has never EVER had a halter on. So I think I did pretty good for an old lady, alone in a 12'x12' stall with a teenage (half) Jersey Drama Queen. ;) Our weather has been ugly the past few days, but today looks like it will be sunny, so I'll see if I can get a couple of picture of her in her "new outfit." The hunter green and brass accents look really good against her red hair. Her new halter is the same, just a couple sizes larger. Once we get the new halter on and she's calmed down a bit, we'll work on tying and leading. She still hasn't had a heat since she's been here, so I might need to take her in for a reproductive exam this summer, and having her halter broke will certainly make THAT easier. [/QUOTE]
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