Re: hackamores and bosels/vosels

["The Craig/Haisz family" <inuvik@magma.ca>]

I wrap my rawhide bosal in vetwrap at nose and jaw to soften it.  I have
even used the Latex bandage, with vetwrap over for the colour & to keep it
clean.  

The trouble with bosal's is drinking out of a bucket!  But they are great
for conditioning ridings.  Never used a vosal, I mostly use a mild
mechanical hackamore.
Alison

> This has been brought up before, but, although I have been with horses
for
> years, I don't have any experience with hackamores/bosels/vosels. I have
used
> a hackamore on my horse twice and he did fine. But I really like the idea
of a
> bosel. Dude is a good horse and responds very well to my cues. A friend
of
> mine mentioned a vosel?? she said it is like a bosel, but broken. Does
anybody
> have any experience with these? I read in the archieves that the bosel
can
> cause rubbing on the jaws and nose of the horse, does a vosel do the
same?
> Thank in advanced. And you can email me privately with answers if you
wish.
> Margi & Dude (cool! no more bit?!)
>