>them a few letters, and talked to them personally, telling them that
these bits >were not only inhumane, but abusive, and that why do they cater
to animal >abusers? Maybe we should cancel a shopping trip or two and go to
>somewhere else? Then they stopped offering those
bits. Well today, I >was
JMO, and while I would never use a bike chain bit/hackamore with any
horse, it seems to me that *any* bit can be inhumane and abusive in the wrong
hands. Same with spurs, whips, most anything.
Some of the worst sores I've ever seen came from mild bits that the rider
was jerking around and sawing at all the time and no one ever gave it a
thought because it "was only a snaffle".
I agree that a chain bit can cause pretty horrible injuries. I once
saw a horse with half a tongue because of a bike chain bit injury---but then
I've seen similar injuries with a simple twisted wire snaffle as well.
Just food for thought and JMO. Bits aren't abusive, people
are.
Susan G