On 15/05/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could the horse also be complaining about the amount of contact, and what > the bit is doing to his mouth?
Well...nothing good that's for sure. I don't know why someone would train a horse with this amount of contact....One gal I know who is retraining her new Icelandic found it absolutely incrediblel that a horse trainer would train a horse to consider 25 lbs of pressure on the reins acceptable. She found it exhausting and now after 2 years finally has the horse accepting normal contact however if she does take up the reins he will sometimes revert to old ways and go hollow. So she's still working on that. This type of riding is not what we want, nor should we pay trainers that train in this manner...ever. Wanda Wanda
