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Re: [RC] Bitless Bridles - Rae Callaway<<Horses have not evolved, anymore than we have, to eat and exercise simultaneously. >>
?? Apparently someone who can't "walk and chew gum at the same time." I've been known to eat while on the exercycle - guess I'm more evolved than the author?? <g>
Rae (who has several horses that munch their way down the trail!)
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From: Katrina Mosshammer <ammosshammer@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Anne Heilgeist <anneheilgeist@xxxxxxxxx>; Jessica Brown <jessica_abrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:49:52 PM Subject: RE: [RC] Bitless Bridles OK, I'm not knocking the bitless thing at all, but I found this comment very funny in the FAQ section on the website. They must not be talking about endurance horses.
<<Why does use of a bit interfere with a horse's breathing?
Just as food in the mouth stimulates digestive system reflexes, so also does a bit. A bit signals a horse to "think eat". Yet a horse at exercise needs to "think exercise". The bit stimulates digestive system responses, whereas exercise requires respiratory, cardio-vascular and musculo-skeletal system responses. Eating and exercising are two incompatible and mutually exclusive activities. Horses have not evolved, anymore than we have, to eat and exercise simultaneously. >> Katrina
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