About a year ago I found a nifty little contraption called "the clip". It's made for horses that don't tie well. There are three different ways to tie the horse, depending on how bad they are. When a horse pulls and it doesn't give it freaks them out and they pull harder. The clip offers a little resistance, but gives them some slack when they really pull. You just knot the end of the rope and it will only give so much. It was hilarious to see Jacks face the first time he went to give a good tug and it gave! He just looked at it and walked back up to stand at the patience post. It teaches them that it's nothing to freak out about. There are several different versions of it, Clinton Anderson has one but it's MUCH more expensive.