tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post4655762906745117690..comments2024-01-27T06:46:56.744-06:00Comments on Paradigm Farms Horse Retirement: Fire HaltersMelissa-ParadigmFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-33576072166383248992013-03-19T18:43:35.810-05:002013-03-19T18:43:35.810-05:00Hi Melissa, When i was very young (a long time ag...Hi Melissa, When i was very young (a long time ago) I was fortunate enough to have a horse. I did board my horse and I can remember exactly what the gentleman told me about halters. He said "if there is a fire and your horse doesn't have a halter on - he will be left behind". I guess that doesn't sound like a man that loves his horses, but I guessed at the time, if he was going to risk his life to save my horse I would comply. I always kept a leather halter on my horse hoping that if he were to get caught on something it would break! Fortunately, the barns where I have boarded have not burned down. I have no idea if keeping a halter on is a good idea or a bad one. A number of years later (still some time ago) a family that we knew had an electrical fire in their barn. The young girl, under 20 made it down to the barn but because of the flames wasn't able to halter any of her horses because they were panicked. She wasn't even able to get them to run from their stalls. They all perished. I guess they felt safer in their stalls away from the flames. I don't know if any of this info is helpful but the nylon halters sound like a bad idea. Dutch doors on the outside walls of a stall sound like a good idea. FWIW Claudia Watermeiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-63383856337840125682013-03-19T13:25:51.625-05:002013-03-19T13:25:51.625-05:00Great suggestion CFS!Great suggestion CFS!RuckusButthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760056031442317243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-18347518778591030932013-03-18T12:33:27.262-05:002013-03-18T12:33:27.262-05:00Never had to deal with a barn fire thank the lord,...Never had to deal with a barn fire thank the lord, but I plan have quick release stall doors leading to runs when I build an actual barn.<br /><br />I remember reading about a large fire at a racetrack barn up north a few years ago. As it happened, many folks (non horse) driving by stopped to help - there were thirty some horses there - so I guess there is some wisdom in simplifying the haltering process. <br /><br />FYI a bra makes a super blindfold, eyes in the cups, straps over the ears and hooked under the throat...Calm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-3551802502356209392013-03-18T12:16:39.685-05:002013-03-18T12:16:39.685-05:00I have not heard of the "fire halter" co...I have not heard of the "fire halter" concept, but I certainly agree that nylon is a BAD idea. I'm surprised they don't realize that. I think a regular halter (hopefully leather) hanging on the stall door is just fine. As far as how they are hung, the "hang by the squares" not only looks tidy, but to me seems to be safer: less accessible strapwork that a horse could get caught upon. I actually hadn't seen that before but the last barn I rode at hung them that way and I decided I liked it better. RiderWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679157278313699794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-87021011727975144642013-03-18T07:54:03.305-05:002013-03-18T07:54:03.305-05:00thats why if I ever have the land to build a barn,...thats why if I ever have the land to build a barn, that barn will be surrounded by a fence, that will lead to the other pastures and the whole property will have a perimeter fence. The stalls would have quick release latches which I have seen in a barn before. I do not have pictures but you grab the sliding latch (that u shaped type latch) slide it back then stomp on a peddle near the floor which is another latch and voila stall door slides open with ease. I have had a house fire, lost 2 cats, would have lost 9 kittens but the fire fighters busted a hole through the wall and busted windows. I would not know how to handle a barn fire. That would be to much.Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-15239930647779889102013-03-17T23:18:13.843-05:002013-03-17T23:18:13.843-05:00Huh. The halters hanging by the squares is interes...Huh. The halters hanging by the squares is interesting... that is how we hang them in our barn. Wonder if we need to reconsider... I just prefer my horses to live out. ;)<br /><br />I about had a conniption the other day when I tried to open the big back barn door from outside and found it chained shut from the inside. I'm usually pretty agreeable, but that one tipped me over the edge. A&J carefully designed all the doors to be open-able from inside or out... not chained! Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826102855027089056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-19871352240046309072013-03-17T22:34:21.530-05:002013-03-17T22:34:21.530-05:00I think you have to go to the horse's stall an...I think you have to go to the horse's stall anyway, so you aren't going out of your way to get a halter. Ours are never hung with the cheek piece clipped closed and sometimes with it clipped to the offside, so that wouldn't be an issue. Also, I think it's better to have emergency procedures as close to usual routine as possible because that will make reactions that much faster. If I'm always used to grabbing halters from the stalls, am I going to be faster going to the "fire halter" location? I doubt it. We don't have non-horsepeople around unless they are accompanying a boarder, so I worry about that a little less. RuckusButthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760056031442317243noreply@blogger.com