--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the horse does not happen to get its tongue over > the bit, it will > continue to retract it, and this effort causes the > mass of the tongue (the > tongue is the largest muscle from the middle of the > neck forward) to wad up > in the pharynx, which is the chamber at the back of > the animal's mouth. In > order to breathe, all the air the horse takes in > must cross the pharynx in > order to get to the lungs. If half of the tongue is > stuffed into the > pharynx, it blocks the airway, causing the animal > various levels of distress > depending upon how much retraction.
Why not just use a sidepull if it bothers them this much. It does bother Celie this much, and I'm not going to use a bit on her. Kim
