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Re: [RC] War bridles - Ed & Wendy Hauser"...Or perhaps the war bridle improperly applied...." You got it. There is a great difference between a series of jerks by hand that instantly stop when proper behavior starts to happen, and a horse struggling against a war bridle solidly attached to a trailer or a post or whatever. A war bridle is a poor choice when the objective is to teach a horse to move forward. The cue is applied at the wrong end of the horse. Unfortunately for many horses, this distinction has not been made by many so called "trainers". It lead to the "natural horsemanship" revolution, which is a great step forward. The problem with advocating training methods that can be misused, is that some of the people hearing will not have the judgment to use them properly. An example of this. John Lyons advocates using a whip as a go forward cue to teach trailer loading. I routinely use this method. Our horses load excellently. They are not afraid of the whip, they just know that by moving forward they can escape the irritation.. Personally, I think that this is easy for a young horse to learn because it is similar to the body language the herd boss uses to move the herd where she (usually) wants it to go. Our one exception is Wendy's 21 yr old gelding Raj. 18 years ago he had a bad experience with a whip happy trainer. He fears the whip. He loads and works fine, you just can not use a whip near him. Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx 406.642.6490 ============================================================ The two best drugs to have in your kit are Tincture of Time and a Dose of Common Sense. These two will carry you through 99.999% of the problems associated with horses and endurance competition. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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