Attaching a horse harness involves approaching the animal slowly and calmly, making sure the halter is on securely and snapping the harness in place. Attach a harness to a horse using calm, slow movements with advice from a riding instructor in this video on equestrian living.
Hi, we're going to catch my horse today as he grazes here in the paddock with what we call a standard nylon halter. I first want to be sure that I have a system that works for me so as I approach my horse I'm going to approach him from his head and hold my halter so that I have a sense of where the bridge of his nose is. As I walk up to him then I'll be sure that he's going to be willing to let me come up to the side of him. I'll put my lead rope around his neck. I'll be able to bring my hand around the front of him, place that halter, bring it up over his head and then I'll fasten it making sure that it fits him well. I want it to be secure enough so it's not loose and that he can take it off himself as well as not too tight that it would inhibit his ability to use himself. I'll place the halter buckle securely using my lead rope then holding the ends up off the ground we can lead him up to the fence. I want to point out a couple of things about lead ropes. To say that you have basically two types, you have a lead rope that has what we call a bull snap on the end. This one you have to be able to pull that end out in order to latch it, it's a spring loaded bull snap. Those can be difficult for young children or someone who has any problem using their hands in that way, however they are very strong alternative to what would otherwise be a simple snap. So in choosing your lead rope, you want to think about am I going to be able to easily manage the bull snap versus a simple snap.
