On 1/15/07, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK--this is what Parelli says about sidepulls: > > > On this list I've read that the sidepull is better than under the > chin. Now I'm confused! > V >
in Lee Zeiglers book she says hackamores and bosals are not good for gaited horses. They can bang when the head nods or swings as leverage for gait, and it might give a gaited horse an aversion.... At the field trial, my Jas who is pacey as heck, would break into canter when they gaited fast and I let him, cause he has a nice easy gentle canter and his hard pace is intolerable for me and hard on his back I'm sure! And at the end, after three hours or so, he was racking I think! His head was high, it was relatively smooth, and fast... He does it so rarely... and seemed fine afterward. I let him choose his gaits cause he has back issues and pace issues... but I worked a couple of years on breaking up his pace thru natural (slow) methods and i think if I had not done that he would have only two gaits, canter and hard pace. Janice Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
