RC: Bits/gimmicks/Tracey & Louise Burton's post

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Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
Barb Peck	
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Tracey says:
:A horse who is
:sensitive to you and your aides WILL listen to you in a new situation,
:because you have taken the time to build up enough trust in him that he will
:look to you, not to get away.  Just a theory, but I have tested it and it
:worked - I was once the only rider in a group with any control when the
:horses spooked - and I was the only one in a snaffle.

While this statement is true for some horses, it is not true for all.
I've been riding the only horse than didn't spook in some situations
and riding the only horse that DID spook in others.

Not all horses have the mind to bond with total trust
with humans, no matter how much you work with them. This does not
mean they are lesser horses than the ones that do.

A horses head gear is a form of communication.
I think Louise Burton's post was taken out of context
as she was trying to make the point, that to get
some horses *attention* in some panic situations.. the communication
has to be louder.

Different people have different skill levels with horses, 
and it's the person who should be asking themselves if they
know how to use the dag thing they want to put on their
horse.

Barb