GPVEC Commonly Use Restraint Knots
Knots selected for ISBCW, Dee Griffin, DVM
The parts of a rope are: The End or Working Part and the Standing Part (the long middle part of a rope not in the knot).
A Bight is a bend in the rope that does not cross back across itself A Loop is a bend in the rope that DOES cross itself.
A Hitch is a knot that ties a rope to something else
A Bend is a knot that joins two ropes.
CLOVE HITCH
(Easy to untie)
The 2nd loop
is placed over
1st loop
HALTER TIE
Clove
Hitch
Halter Tie
(Quick Release)
Full wrap (hitch) with bend
pulled through half hitch
(Griffin’s
favorite chute
halter tie)
Bowline … (A loop around
Wrap around hitching pipe or
post twice before the halter tie
Non-Choke
Lariat
Honda Hitch
the neck that won’t get tight)

Lariat
Honda
.
Knot =>
WEAVER or SHEET BEND
.
(Used to tie two different ropes together)
Notice: It is like a Bowline except joins two ropes
Great for tying the end of a halter lead to a Honda (lariat eye)
LEG
LEG
Bight or Bend
(Goes around the fixed object)
“Slip Loop” Leg or Head Restraint
Used on legs on downers &
Can be used as a Quick Halter
TRUCKER’S HITCH
Truckers use this knot to tie down loads
Vets use to pull legs back tight after casting
Standing Part/End (the long part or attached part)
http://www.animatedknots.com/ is an excellent knot tying Internet site
Restraint & Handling for Veterinary Technicians & Assistants by Bonnie Ballard & Jody Rockett is an outstanding animal restraint book
Constrictor Knot
This is the knot I use to tie the
meloxicam dosing plunger to the dosing
outer tube. I tie a “Square Knot” over
the “Constrictor Knot” to insure the
“Constrictor Knot” does not loosen.
Bowline
Half-hitch
DOUBLE HALF HITCH
CASTING METHOD
(Easiest to cast – Potential injury of
bull’s penis or cow’ milk vein)
http://www.animatedknots.com/ is an excellent knot tying Internet site
Restraint & Handling for Veterinary Technicians & Assistants by Bonnie Ballard & Jody Rockett is an outstanding animal restraint book