On 1/22/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > he has a similar shaped nose and similar worried frown eyes :)
When I play with him or clicker train him the frown goes away. I wish I could get him to quit worrying so much. > I notice tho that Runner's lips are very short. Has he had a problem > ever with accepting a bit? He has short lips like Fox, and like many > icelandics...which could prevent a bit from being seated correctly at > the bars. Not that I've noticed, but he came with a tongue severed about 75% through, so he was phobic about bits in the beginning. The Happy Mouth Snaffle I sent you was his, and when we go out in largeish groups or with people who ride faster than a walk we go with a mullen tom thumb pelham with two reins. I rarely ride him in the sidepull at home, but he sometimes gets a bee in his bonnet and decides to run away. The Sidepull I have no control to turn or stop, at least with a bit I can still steer him when he leaves. We haven't had a running away episode in a year, so maybe that's behind us? Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
