Nope; never gonna happen.
Providing toys or nibbles will help, at least for awhile. I’ve found that a “Hay Play” ball will keep mine occupied, as will one of the large “Kong” dog toys filled with broken-up horse cookies. For standing tied, maybe try a small hay net. However don’t be surprised to find the hay untouched, and the weatherstripping removed, and pulled into pieces when you come back.
As far as the weatherstripping, use some silicone sealant when you re-install it; it might help a little bit if keeps the weatherstripping from being easily pulled out of its channel. Then again, it might just make it a more challenging and therefore more entertaining problem.
Ultimately tho, you’ll simply want to restrict access to things you don’t want destroyed. Resign yourself to this reality, and try to be proactive.
Good Luck with that project :-D.
The poly twine used in most two-string bales works great as a break-away. You might find that you have to use a double loop; most horses will break a single strand with a head-toss. They’ll break a double strand as well, but not regularly.
It’s not so much the static load strength, as the shock-load of a thousand pound animal hitting it.
I’ll also add that those tie rings with the slip function work until the critter learns about the slip-ability, at which point they never work again. Just sayin’ . . .
Edit to add: We’ve gone to using breakaway halters 100% of the time; they do exactly what they’re advertised to do, and it only takes a couple of minutes to replace/rework the sacrificial leather piece; I keep a couple spares in the junk box.
Where / what brand do you use?
I used several breakaway halters from a brand I won’t mention. Within weeks of use, no breakaway incidents, the fastener on the breakaway piece just let go. On every single one, no exceptions. Basically, poor quality fastener. I quit replacing them.
I like the idea of a breakaway halter but don’t know which brands are reliable.
The ones we like are by Lami-Cell, got ‘em from Dover.
On these, the breakaway piece is secured by one Chicago screw. Just be sure the screw is long enough to get metal to metal contact, and hold the body with a small pliers while you tighten the screw. Same with any Chicago screw in your tack as far as that goes.
Thank you, I’ll take a look at those.
I don’t own a pullback at the moment, fortunately, but these are handy to have.
Yer welcome, OverandOnward.
Um; whatsa “Pullback”? You use the term like it’s a thing . . .
(edit) Oh; nevermind; I figgered it out; an Equine what tests the tiedown . . . “Doh :-).”
But they’ll all jump if spooked, and if their nose is tied, backwards seems to be the usual choice. “Pop” goes whatever happens to be the weak link. Having the halter let go means one less thing to cause trouble (no dragging lead to trip over) should the critter vacate the premises.
For me the problem is with breakaway halters is now you have a naked headed idiot running amok and it’s harder to catch. They do save injury during the pull back incident but they don’t help with catching. There are trailer ties that have a Velcro part that lets go with some amount of force but you end up with a 6-12” long tag attached to the halter you can grab but shouldn’t tangle or get stepped on. Though horses can hurt themselves in the most creative ways so nothing is 100%.
I tie with a trailer clip and leather halter but underneath is a rope halter with the lead tossed over the neck.
aka ‘halter-breaker’. A horse that will pull back and often thrash against being tied to anything.
Here is my very old and very long thread about my journey, 2011 … 
The answer for me was/is the Blocker tie. I learned how to set it up to not trigger my horse to go nuts with it (with some training), he elected to solve it like a puzzle instead. I had 20 minutes more or less before he would get himself loose. It was a godsend.
Not that this will save anyone’s weather stripping … but it might help find another spot to tie the mare.
I like these. It could be converted to a tie-assist if needed.
Yup & THIS X 1 ZILLION!
I learned this hauling to a Hundreds of Acres trailhead.
After a lovely ride, getting near dusk, DH & I want to load our horses to go home.
They are both wearing the leather-fuse breakaway halters.
My TB goes on first…
Except at the top of the ramp he doesn’t & pulling back, breaks the fuse & goes trotting up the rapidly darkening trail.
We load DH’s horse & take his halter to catch TB.
So now we have 1 loaded - 2H Straightload BP - nekkid & getting upset he’s Home Alone.
Happy Ending, TB was grazing about 200’ up the trail & consented to being caught & loaded.
Moral of the Story:
DO NOT, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, HAUL IN A BREAKAWAY HALTER 
Very good point.
The velcro strap is a better option. Probably other ideas as well.
Yes, I think I’m totally resigning myself to carrying a feed bag with me that this mare will need to wear in order to have hauling privileges on my rig so she can’t wrap her lips around anything. (Of course, whether that will inspire her to find new ways of destroying things, I cannot really say…) I didn’t really expect that there would be a “magic bullet” to cure her, but I figured if there were any chance there was one, then this group would know about it! But your initial response and emoticons completely match this mare to a “T”!! 
Horses stand there while people are looking, with such a still calm face, large brown eyes staring at you, or off into the distance … and people who don’t know horses can’t imagine that a horse would ever get into anything.
But inside every horse is a giant puppy who wants to grab, chew, pull on, and eat anything they can reach. If they can break it, so much more fun. If they can chew it up with those massive molars and even swallow it, that seems like such a great idea.
I’ll bet the mare ate some of the weather stripping when no one was looking. Don’t know that, of course. But bet she did. 
Of course!!!
My horse was on one side and my friend’s was on the other, everything was perfect before the trail ride while we groomed, tacked up, visited with some friends at a neighboring trailer, etc. My friend had to come on my side numerous times (i.e., out of sight of her mare) to get her stuff out of the tack room. Same thing in reverse after the trail ride. But… it was only when my friend left the vicinity of the trailer to use the rest room (and I was of course still on the other side with my horse) that she did the dastardly deed!! 
Oops… I should clarify: that is when she pulled it off. Luckily I must have discovered it early since I had decided to walk a bucket of water over to her and that’s when I saw it on the ground. And my friend actually did manage (with help from hubbie’s strong fingers for getting the corners done) to reinstall it (since it was new - having been replaced <1 year ago from the last time she did it, lol!) and so I know that she did not actually eat any of it. But wow… I hadn’t even thought of that scenario! Yikes!!!
Are you familiar w CribOx? I’ll try to find some and post it. It is sticky- if you use it, use rubber gloves to get it off.
It works well… but it’s messy. I hope this is helpful.
Spray the weather stripping with RapLast. Do NOT breathe it in. It is nasty.
