>>He did go down the road in the direction I wanted but he made sure I >knew > he did not want to go. But he tolted!!! > > When I took him out on the road it was very unlike his normal willing > self. > He kept trying to go back to the mares.
Sometimes trainers use this "tension" to get the horse to gait. This is probably why we see the tight nosebands. It makes the horse tense, almost like drowning or being choked. The rush of adrenalin is used for gait. It's probably why "don't touch the foals" came into being. If the horses are too friendly and not "properly afraid" of people, they will be too lazy to gait, or not *respect* the trainer enough to gait without the icelandic saddle, or tight noseband, or heavy contact, or whips, etc. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
