There > are just ways to train a horse to do things and the strongest man in > the world couldnt stop them with a 12 inch shanked mule bit with > bicycle chain across the tongue if they havent been trained to build > on the least pressure possible...
My focus with Doppa recently has been to get softer and softer in the bridle. I have never had hard hands but I am striving towards that "thinking it and she responds" level. It's amazing how the softer my "whisper" the more intently she "listens". I have known this is my mind but it's somehting else to see it working -- Laree
