Judi, if Parelli's Left Brain Extrovert had a photo beside it it would
be of my horse stonewall. It really helps me to think of it as a tool
to try and help him get what he needs from me. As for the noseband
thing... Tivar was so great in a sidepull and no bit, and I honestly
suspect it was from the tight noseband training, He had such an
aversion to anything tight on his nose so he would respond as well or
even better in a sidepull than a bit. that could be somethimg to try
in a small area. I have other horses that think a sidepull is
something to laugh hilariously at. My most deadbroke horse, in fact,
I could ride him anywhere in a sidepull (or even a halter!) but he
will start snatching bites of weeds etc after a while. They get used
to things... I have a myler D ring snaffle with a barrel in the
middle on three of my horses and it is a great bit. for a high headed
hyper horse a mullen mouth is good. I have a myler combo bit on one
horse but someone said it is a gag bit, and since it cost over a
hundred bucks and I rarely use it on the horse I havent gotten rid of
it. I use it on my Jas, who seems to like it, but i steer him with
feet and he rarely breaks a dog walk so I dont have to rate speed. I
think mylers make good bits but there are so many styles and some are
harsh. so far I have found any really fancy scrolled silver cowboy
bit is an instrument of torture :)
Janice
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
