--- In [email protected], "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the key is not to make up excuses, but to handle the root problems...hopefully before they even become problems.... > Karen Thomas
-------------I agree with this. But I guess I've been in some unique situations then. Another situation where the kimberwick I normally ride in came through Osp's mouth - we were riding during the winter in about knee high snow at the edge of a field. I noticed at the last minute that Osp had gotten too close to a drop off (it was somewhat hidden in a drift of snow), so I asked her with a quick rein cue, body cue and leg cue to move over. She must have seen something that really caught her attention just at that moment and turned her head hard and quick the opposite way (towards the drop off). Voila, the bit came through her mouth. I wasn't being over bearing, and Osp is well trained to give to the bit. It was just one of those freak times that we couldn't predict. I'm pretty sure the bit fits well - it was one that Lee Ziegler recommended for her. Dawn Bruin-Slot, northern Michigan Fuzzy Logic Equine
