bingo
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Well actually I would think it would be less painful then using a halter that takes more then little tuggs since it is leaving marks.
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"There are more than 100 behavioral signs of fear and pain induced by bits. Bits are the common cause of about 4O common diseases and many accidents" "Why use something to inflict pain on a horse (or donkey in this situation)(because the bit lays on nerves)
I guess its just a difference in opinion...
I guess its just a difference in opinion...
rabbitsfizz
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It's one of the "NH" ideas, and I have seen SO much harm done by NH in inexperienced hands it is just not true, but there you go.......
A snaffle is not a gentle bit.
It was never devised to be a gentle bit and dressage horses, if they are any good, go through that stage very quickly.
I would never school a horse in one half of a double bridle...why would I do that???
I was happy to ride one of my Arabs in a noseband (just a drop with the reins attached, no pulleys or gimmicks) but she seemed to have an aversion to a bit, which took forever to overcome, so an interim methods was needed.
She did eventually accept a bar snaffle, and this is the bit I prefer if I have to use a snaffle for any reason.
I also take my driving horse right up to being put in the cart, in just a halter, and bit them separately.
You would not be allowed to drive in the ring without a bit, I am pretty sure.
We did use a bar snaffle on One Day Events with the Pony Club but in the end found it easier to just accept the penalties for using a double for the dressage, as a double is what is, basically, correct for dressage, and what got the bast results.
It is very difficult to emulate the work of a curb bit with a snaffle, and totally pointless as that is exactly why the curb was invented...because it was needed.
Anyway, a bit does not work on pain, and it does not work, as the Dr Cook and the Bosal do, on pressure points...wrongly adjust those and you really could cause pain, a badly adjusted bit just causes annoyance!!
My advice to you is to get the animal used to a bit, even if you decide to work it without one, you never know what life will bring, and they may not be with you for all their lives.
A snaffle is not a gentle bit.
It was never devised to be a gentle bit and dressage horses, if they are any good, go through that stage very quickly.
I would never school a horse in one half of a double bridle...why would I do that???
I was happy to ride one of my Arabs in a noseband (just a drop with the reins attached, no pulleys or gimmicks) but she seemed to have an aversion to a bit, which took forever to overcome, so an interim methods was needed.
She did eventually accept a bar snaffle, and this is the bit I prefer if I have to use a snaffle for any reason.
I also take my driving horse right up to being put in the cart, in just a halter, and bit them separately.
You would not be allowed to drive in the ring without a bit, I am pretty sure.
We did use a bar snaffle on One Day Events with the Pony Club but in the end found it easier to just accept the penalties for using a double for the dressage, as a double is what is, basically, correct for dressage, and what got the bast results.
It is very difficult to emulate the work of a curb bit with a snaffle, and totally pointless as that is exactly why the curb was invented...because it was needed.
Anyway, a bit does not work on pain, and it does not work, as the Dr Cook and the Bosal do, on pressure points...wrongly adjust those and you really could cause pain, a badly adjusted bit just causes annoyance!!
My advice to you is to get the animal used to a bit, even if you decide to work it without one, you never know what life will bring, and they may not be with you for all their lives.
