This document provides information on basic rope work and animal restraint techniques. It discusses various knots used for restraint, including overhand knots, square knots, and half hitches. It also describes physical and psychological restraint methods for different animals, such as using halters and ropes for cattle, holding sheep by the neck and rump, and muzzling dogs. The goal of restraint is to safely control animals for procedures like medical treatment, hoof trimming, and examination.

2. Basic Rope work

3. Contents
• Basic rope work
• Cattle restraining
• Sheep & goat restraining
• Horse restraining
• Dog restraining

4. Knots
• Knots are prescribed ways of fastening
ropes and webbing to objects or each
other.
• Paly a prime role in Animal handling
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5. Some Terminologies related to knots
• Working end : Used in forming knots
• Running end :Used in lifting or hoisting
• Standing part :Between the working and the
running end
• Bight
Reverse direction to form “U” bend
• Loop
Makes a circle in the rope
• Round turn
– Makes a loop with parallel ends

7. Over hand knot
• Make a loop
• Insert either end in the loop.
• Pull the string apart tight.
SQUARE KNOT
• Cross the the left side over right
• Cross the new right end over and then
around the new left, making a second
overhand knot.
• Pull Tight

8. GRANNY KNOT
• A granny knot will slip under strain whereas a
square knot will hold firmly
• Cross the end of the left rope over and wrap it
once around the end of the right rope, as in the
square knot.
• Cross the new left rope over and then around
the new right.
• Pull tight.
SURGEON'S KNOT
This knot is similar to the square knot but has
one more turn of the end around the standing part
in the beginning.

9. Bowline Knot
 Lay the rope across your left hand with the
free end hanging down. Form a small loop
in the line in your hand.
 Bring the free end up to and pass through
the eye from the under side
 Wrap the line around the standing line and
back down through the loop
 Tighten the knot by pulling on free end
while holding standing line

10. • Half Hitch
• Pass the end of a rope around the object and
tie an overhand knot.
• For the Two Half Hitches, repeat with a
second overhand knot in the same direction
Girth Hitch
• Place rope behind object
• Wrap right side loop over object and feed left
side loop through the right side loop.
• Pull remaining loop away from object to
tighten

11. ANIMAL HANDLING AND RESTRAINT
• Animal restraint is the process of
preventing an animal from action or
motion
• An animal may require restraint for
examination, treatment and milking …
• Restraint can be achieved simply
by moral persuasion
by physical force
by chemical means.

12. Handling & restraining Objectives
Handling and restraining means controlling
animals for various purposes
For medical treatment
Artificial insemination
Rectal palpation
Surgical operations
Shoeing
Examination of eyes buccal cavity

13. Psychological
• used in combination with other types of restraint
• Using a soft, soothing voice while gently stroking
the patient will help calm and sooth them
Chemical
Use drugs such as sedatives, tranquilizers and
anesthesia
alter the patient’s mental state,
animal to stay immobilized and/or without pain

14. Physical
• involves using the handler’s hands or body along
with muzzles, ropes or other equipment.
• Head restraint
• Mouth restraint
• Nose restraint
• Tail restraint
• Leg restraint
• Casting of animal
• Cattle crush

15. Head restrain
• Head restraining involve rope halter to prevent
movement
• Rope Halter
Hand method
Manually grasp the hand between the nostrils
with the thumb and forefinger of one hand and
hold it firmly . With the other hand, hold the
horn rear

16. Rope halter procedure
• Take 3 m twisted rope (can be changed accordind to anmal )
• The end of roe must be sealed
• Make a mark at 45 cm from one end and pull out one stand of twisted
rope
• Hold the seal end in right hand and pulled down through loop
• Make three loops at the end of rope

17. Nose restraining
Nose rings
• Placed through the nasal septum and are often used in
bulls
• Should not be used to tie the head for head restraint
• Only for additional control of the head but: nasal
septum can be torn
Nose leads
• They apply blunt, pinching pressure to the nasal
septum.
• Supplement with halter and/or with head restraint
• Nasal septum may be torn with violent movement
• Use for hoof examine ,injection ,udder treatment

18. Tail restraining
Tail Twitching
• Keep both hand at the base of tail
• Apply force gently
• Stand to the side of the animal to prevent kicking
• Mostly used to nervous the animal

19. TAIL ROPE
• The purpose of this restraint is to keep the
cow's tail out of the way when a placenta is
being removed or the udder is being
treated.

20. TAIL TIE
• The tail tie, a method of securely tying a rope to a
horse's tail,
• With the longer piece on the right, hold a rope over the
tail just at the end of the last coccygeal vertebra.
• Fold the rest of the tail upward over the rope.
• Pass the end of the rope behind the tail and make a bight
in it.
• Bring the bight over the folded tail.
• Pull it tight through the rope which is looped around the
tail.

21. CASTING RESTRAINTS
• Cows are more easily and safely cast than horses since they struggle less
and are more willing to lie down. Bedding should be arranged for them
none the less, as it may save them from bruises.
• Bulls are more vigorous and are harder to cast and control. It may be
safer to cast them with a double side-line harness than with one of the
squeezes.

22. BURLEY METHOD OF CASTING
• This method take less
• Does not put pressure over the thorax and thus does
not interfere with the action of the heart and lungs.
• Third, it does not endanger the genital organs of the
bull or the mammary vessels of the cow.
• Finally, with this restraint both rear legs may be tied
with the ends of the casting rope.

23. • Frist cattle should be restrain with rope halte
• The ends are carried between the forelegs and
crossed at the sternum.
• Keep Both end between leg of animal and cross over
back
• Cross these end between rare legs with the side of
udder
• Pull the both end of rope animal lie down on the
ground
• Tie of the rope end with rare legs

24. ROPE SQUEEZE
• Take animal where desire
• Make a loop around the cow's neck using a bowline
knot placed as indicated in the drawing.
• Throw the end of the rope over her back to the opposite
side
• Reaching under the cow, pick it up an bring it around
her body and under the standing part of the rope near
the bowline to form a half hitch just behind the
shoulder.
• By tossing the end over the cow's back again, make
another half hitch just in from of the udder. Pulling the
rope will force the cow to lie down.

26. Mouth restraint
Use of Speculum
• The speculum with its two arms together is
slipped into the mouth
• fastened the a strap around the neck.
• opened to the desired width by a ratchet on
the side.
Use of mouth Gage
• Animal is first restraint with nose lid
• Apply moth gage in the moth by wide part
• Open mouth as desired with adjusting
screw

27. Leg restraint
Use of milking hopples
• Make a 8 shape loop of rope just above
the hock
• Tight the tendon
• Use to prevent kicking during milking
Leg raising method.
• First apply a nose lead.
• Grasp the legs at the pastern with the
left hand
• With the left shoulder push the cow’ s
flank to shift her leg to the other near
legs, at the same time raise the rear leg.

28. Crush restraining technique
• It is used in adult cattle to be
confined
• entire animals close together .
• A long rope that has a loose knot
at one end Is used to get the rope
into the head or horns. With the
rope in place it will be easier to
lead and finally restrained.

29. Calves restraining technique
• Reach across the animal’ s back
• pull the legs on the side closest to you
outward
• Calve is then eased down to the
ground with the weight against your
legs,
• so that it falls to the ground gently .
• You should never cast a calf by pulling

30. Sheep & goat restrain
• Sheep & goat are timid animals.
• The usual response is to flee when frightened
• They may cause serious injury to themselves in
their effort to escape
• Individual animal need to be separated from the
flock
• avoid is catching them by grabbing the wool
• Grabbing by the horns (when present) must be
done with care to avoid breaking them

31. • Sheep are held by circling the neck with
one arm and placing the other arm around
the rump
• The rear end may also be controlled by
placing an arm over the back to grasp the
skin fold of the lower flank
• Firms the animal between leg
• The head or neck can be controlled in this
position

32. SETTING UP
• Procedures such as
examination of the hooves,
shearing, and vaccination
require immobilizing the
animal with a technique
known as “setting up”

33. Horse restraining
• In many regards, restraint is the single most
important aspect of the equine physical
examination. Without adequate restraint, the
examiner will be unable to complete a meaningful.
The size and strength of horses make them
potentially dangerous
Kick
Bite
Rear
Strike

34. Physical Restraint
• Minimum restraint required: halter and lead rope
• Chain over nose
• Lip or gum chain
• Twitching with hand
• Ear twitch
• Twitching with device

36. Verbal Restraint
• Talking to horses has a major effect. A soothing, reassuring tone goes a
long way in calming a fractious horse. Similarly, a sharp authoritative
tone accompanied by a tug on the lead rope may help keep a fidgety
horse in place.

37. Restraining in dogs
• "Talk to the animals" Many dogs can be comforted by being talked to in
a quiet, soothing voice. What you say is not important...the tone of
voice is. Even the best behaved dog may bite if frightened. Early
application of a muzzle actually reduces the need for additional
restraint. Once the muzzle is in place the dog will often "give up" and
stop struggling. Several types of muzzles can be used. The end of the
muzzle can be closed

40. RESTRAINT FOR POULTRY:-
Another method use to handle poultry is
to place one hand under the chest of the
bird and place it in between chest and
arm
Pass middle finger between its legs and
other finger slightly spread apart to
support the body, other hand can be
used for examination
Holding chicken in one
hand for examination