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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!)


 
----- Original Message ----
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


From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Heilgeist
Sent: August 28, 2007 12:07 PM
To: Jessica Brown; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Bitless Bridles

 I think they're great and haved use one on all my horses...even if they previously were ridden in a bit.  Here's the link to the website:  http://www.bitlessbridle.com/
 
Anne