>>  I SHOULD have had her on the cross tie but didn't ...
 
> Most of the horses at our barn are trained to stand _untied_
> when being groomed, just the lead rope hanging down, to shake a
> bit when they misbehave.
> Shemmeek often stands there just "naked," without even the
> halter. However, I have to work a bit on keeping him straight,
> i.e., not swinging around a bit and investigating with his nose
> anything that's within reach. My fault, of course, but he is so
> good most of the time that I hate to deny him a harmless
> diversion.
 
 
Both of my girls do this also. Tush *has* to have her nose in something ALL 
the time. ;) 
 
                                    BK 
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