Re: RC: Little S

[Karen <karen@storallnv.com>]

At 11:40 AM 10/22/2001 -0400, JUDYK89@aol.com wrote:
>The nose band looks like rawhide in the picture, is this hard on the 
>nose?  Does anyone use a fleece/wool nose band cover?  Not sure how it 
>works mechanically, but it looks like it uses nose pressure.  Does the 
>horse need to neck reign?  Sorry for my ignorance, but I really like the 
>"no bit" thing so it's easier for the horses to eat and drink.  Have a 
>side pull, but not sure if it will work on a ride with all the excitement 
>at first.

Hi Judy:

I use an S hack on Rocky.  It works great on him.  The weight of the thing 
seems to work really well with him and I've never had a problem controlling 
him (you might call him a very forward type of horse <g>).  This works 
better on him than a vosal.

I put a piece of sheepskin over the noseband (it is a thinner piece so it 
doesn't stick up as high as most do), and then I cut off the wire on the 
bottom and replaced that with blue hay string, and then duct taped over the 
chain.  He's been riding in it that way for years.  The duck tape and hay 
string are getting frayed but I can't bear to change it since he's done so 
many rides in it.  Plus, I don't have anymore blue haystring and yellow 
just will not match. :+P

k