Use Soft-Sided Kennels to Transport Your Dog

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Sarah Stetner and I’m an expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. This is my horse Rowdy and we’re going to teach how to tie a horse properly in order to ride of course. So we start here. This is called a 4H knot. It is called a 4H knot because it’s a quick release way to do and it’s very easy for 4Her’s who are 8 years old. What you do is you put it through the hook. You just turn it, cross it, and then you flip it right here, and then you just pull the little loop just right here and you pull it tight. Now the reason why this is designed like this is the horse can pull as much as he wants to get tight, but he can’t go anywhere. If the horse is pulling back too much, like you know how horses pull back and then they get in danger. If you pull this little loop, it’s a quick release knot. Just like that. So once again, I’ll show you how to do that slowly. You come over here, loop it around. Rowdy, back. You’ve just got to cross, turn, just like that, and then your loop’s going to come right through this part right here. Right through that little hole, and then you pull that tight. The horse pulls right there, and then to release it, it’s a quick release knot. You just pull and it releases. And that’s how you do a simple 4H knot. It’s what I use all the time. It’s quick release, easy to do, and it’s really easy to learn. So one more time, I’ll just show you real quick. Come up here, pull, cross, turn this. See this little loop right here. You’re going to go ahead and put the end through there and then pull tight on the loop so the horse can pull right here and not get away. Then to release it real quickly if he is pulling back, you just pull. So there you go. "