Smart Tie Products The Safe Clip

this little gadget works great. and cheaper than the more popular safety tie. use them on my lead ropes around the barn and they are awesome in the horse trailer. so easy to adjust , then unclip unload and clip to the side of the trailer. get them you won't be disappointed.

Ah, horses. It doesn't matter how much they despise each other at home, what gender(s) is/are involved, but throw a couple on a trailer together for 30 minutes and love is in the air...and not a healthy kind of love...but a toxic codependency that saps the joy from what should be a nice outing. It took me a couple broken leather halters and embarrassing cavorts around show venues chasing down a pathetic, lovesick, separation-anxiety poster child gelding before I caved and spent this kind of $ for a snap. Well, I'd gladly pay triple. It may not solve your problem in every situation, but it does give you a little time, which may be all you need. I've used mine a few times now and in cases where there's an occasion to spook (at something that poses no real threat, which is usually the case), being able to pull back without snapping back has been enough to satisfy the flight instinct without breaking anything before settling down. Now, depending on the situation, this thing may not perform miracles...especially when bad human judgement is involved. I had Casanova tied next to his talk, dark, and handsome gelding love god, using the smart clip, with a knot tied at the end of his rope. My friend forgot about this bromance and took her horse, the object of my horse's affection, away from the trailer with me too far from the trailer to get there in time to untie that knot. The rope payed out, but his buddy kept walking away, until my guy was quite literally at the end of his rope. Yep, buh-bye halter #3. But, I am glad the halter broke and not the smart clip itself...as that was my one concern...if a horse pulling back would actually break the clip and be running willy-nilly with that chunk of hardware flailing around his legs. Nope, it held and I'm out about $60 for the halter, but not $600 (or worse) for a vet bill (or worse). This clip in itself is most likely not going to train your horse to never pull back, but it's a good tool to have while training and will undoubtedly for me help avert a lot of bad outcomes from bad choices (both his and mine). Tennis...I should take up tennis...

THESE ARE AWESOME = QUICK TIE = MAKE SURE YOU LEAD IS SMOOTH AND DOES WHAT IT IS DESIGNED FOR SLIPS THRU AND DOES NOT HAVE KNOT OR CAP ON END THE LEADS I USE ARE SOFT ON THE HANDS NOT COTTON AND NOT TOO THICK WATCH THE VIDEO VERY HELPFUL

I ‘inherited’ a 17-yr-old horse that unpredictably pulls back when tied to the trailer (I take care of my stepdad’s horses). He’s broken halters, halter clips the d-rings on the trailer, etc. My SD, who’s been around horses all his life, said that he tried everything and didn’t know what else to do.After looking around on the Internet, I made a DYI Blocker Tie Ring and surprised my SD with a working solution that none of the horse people around had offered. The horse still pulls back, but now he stops when he realizes he can’t get loose. I can see the confusion on his face. I pull him back and we start again.Then I found The Safe Clip. I love that it’s all one piece with no moving parts to secure the rope. I was sold on the product and bought a second one to use for the other horses because my 12-yr-old daughter finds using these easier (faster) than tying the horse to the trailer.Then I bought a 3-yr-old gelding, and my daughter and I worked for 7+hrs to get him to load in the trailer. We used the clip to help us take up the slack as the horse inched his way to the trailer. She was able to keep the rope from slipping all by herself when the horse tried to pull away and felt really good about herself.I’m sure this product has saved me and my horse from injury. It’s a must have for us.

I looked at the product website before deciding to buy. I recommend anyone considering this to watch the video and pay attention to any notes. Heavy cotton leads will not work with this clip. They need to be nylon. Mine are nylon leads but they've been used for a while and they're almost too thick to use with this clip. That said, it works as advertised. What I didn't realize was how large it is. It's enormous (larger than my hand), but very light.

We have a horse that will stand tied to the trailer all day long and never move...until he does, and when he does it is the big dramatic freak out that is going to get him or someone else hurt. We are starting to travel more with our horses to different places with our kids as they are old enough now to start competing. Although this horse has been shown since he was 2 and is now 9, there is no reason why he he should act like this, he knows the drill, but never the less here we are. Insert the Safe Clip...he pulls back and nothing happens. There is no big explosion, no freak out and best of all no injury to horse or human. What more can you ask for? I have had him back over a 10 ft rope though, so we had no get a longer rope so if he decides to have a mild panic attack when the mood hits him just right, he won't be loose. I love how mobile it is and we can move him from the post to the trailer or wherever he needs to be tied without fear of our knots slipping or someone getting hurt because of his foolishness.

I adopted a "problem" horse a while ago. One of the habits he'd developed, was to spook inside of a barn and back out of his halter in cross ties (or even break the halter or rip the cross ties right out of the wall). Of course he wouldn't do this on a lead rope, only on the dreaded cross ties. So I ordered this clip. Only being tied by one rope has been perfect for him so far. He hasn't even spooked enough to really pull on it, and after using this just a few times, he's already started to relax in the barn. I have a feeling he might be fine in cross-ties now as well, but honestly, I actually kinda like using this clip better myself. I can adjust the rope length easily and I don't have to untie anything when other people want to pass by us with their horses. So definitely a good purchase, which I'll likely continue using a lot, both in the barn and out on trips.