---- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does one train a horse to keep its mouth shut without a noseband?
> V
Horses don't normally run around with their mouths gaping open. So, it's
not so much training them not to do it, it's simply not getting them started.
It's the un-ending tension on the reins that makes this habit appear because
the horse is trying to find release from the pressure and has no where else to
go.
I think after so long -- especially when the horse is STARTED under
saddle with that kind of strong-arm riding -- the gaping of the mouth becomes
almost ingrained or a default behavior even when a softer, better rider enters
their life and gives them slack.
-- Renee M. in Michigan
