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Re: [RC] question about hackamores - CharlesIf I'm wrong, I hope someone corrects me. 1) It doesn't work by cutting off the breathing. A good hackamore should not cut off breathing at all. 2) Get a new instructor. Bitless bridles aren't a matter of experience or only for experience riders. As far as I can tell, bosals, hackamores, bits, bridles, etc. are all tools for communication with our horses. The bit puts pressure in various parts to the mouth to tell the horse what we want them to do. Horses don't automatically do things just because there is a bit in their mouth, they do it because training has taught them when they receive pressure in a certain way, they should react in a certain way. Hackamores put pressure on a different area. The bitless bridles do it somewhere else. But no matter what device you use, it is a communication tool (I watch western riders who get a horse to turn by neck reining). As for "stopping power", it's a myth. Horses can run away regardless of the tools being used. They can bite down a bit that is bothering them. They can ignore what the bit is telling them. If the horse doesn't want to listen, it won't. (I spent a day doing circles in an out of a field because my horse would not go down the hill in his pasture). Use the tools you like, and that you feel your horse likes best. If the instructor doesn't like it, too bad. (It also sounds like she has a problem with Arabs). The instructor should not be scolding you. You have hired this person to instruct you. Scolding has no place in the instruction process. The instructor should give you the information for you to reach a decision on your own and then respect your decision. Ultimately, it all comes down to you. How do YOU like the bitless bridle? How do YOU think your horse likes the bridle? What do YOU want to use? Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: <LTYearwood@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:37 AM Subject: [RC] question about hackamores Hi Everyone, I had a lesson with a dressage trainer tonight. I was hesitant at first because I had had a lesson with her a year ago and it didn't go well -- I think I was such a newbie I couldn't understand much less retaian anything she was saying. .. She HATES that I ride in a bitless bridle. In fact, she can't believe I haven't been seriously injured. She says I ride far above the level I'm really at -- that people with 10 years experience don't ride in bitless bridles on Ay-rabs in the forest (I've been riding for about a year and a half). So she recommended a hackamore. Says it's better than the bitless I have. I'm feeling a little scared after all that scolding and I'm also feeling like I need to learn more about the hackamore. So I'm wondering if anyone out there on this board can recommend anything to me. Don't hackamores work by cutting off the breathing? Thanks you guys -- I always learn from you. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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