Re: RC: little training issues

[heidi sowards <ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com>]

Occasionally Classy will grab the shank of his hackamore
and suck or chew on it. I think that he is trying to get
the salt/sweat off of it. Just my own opinion though!

heidi

--- Dakoiah@aol.com wrote:
> As long as we are on the subjects of head carriage and
> bitting, I thought I'd 
> add my question to the tangle of information.  Alpine,
> being the little brat 
> he is, has recently started grabbing the reins in his
> mouth while we are 
> riding and chewing on them.  It usually occurs when he is
> upset with me about 
> something (I'm not going fast enough to suit his speed
> wishes, or away from 
> home and his buddies) or when he's tired.  He flips his
> lips around and grabs 
> the left rein in his mouth.  I looked down one day and
> both reins were coming 
> out of the same side of his mouth!!!!  Makes the bit
> pretty ineffective.
> 
> I have tried changing bits.  I normally ride him in a
> short shaked pelham to 
> help elevate his head and make him gait.  However, I've
> done a lot of snaffle 
> work with him.  We went through about six months of
> pretty heavy dressage 
> training (yup....Paso's can trot too!!!).  He does this
> regardless of his 
> bit, or lack thereof (he grabs the reins with a hackamore
> too!!!).
> 
> Any suggestions??????   I don't think it's a huge
> problem, just an annoying 
> one I'd like to fix.  If I catch him, He gets the rein
> pulled out his mouth 
> and a firm "NO!".  If he's real obnoxious, I'll get
> harder.  Any help would 
> be appreciated!!
> 
> Thanks,
> Juli and Alpine (mom, leather reins taste good!)
> 
> 
>
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