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I get a wet, soft and slobbery bit over here when working with my horse.  Just 
a little poke in certain directions!  An inside joke for those that understand 
what I'm talking about!

Ginger
Hehe!!
---- Chris Paus <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Laurie... it's not about tight reins. It's about giving hands. If the reins 
> are tight and the hands not giving, then you won't get true collection, 
> you'll just get a cranked down head with no engagement from behind.
>  
> It's about asking the horse to work from behind and pushing the horse into 
> the bit, not pulling the horse into a certain shape. 
>  
> If your horse is working on contact correctly, the mouth will be very wet and 
> soft and the bit full of horse slobber. SRS trained riders use sugar cubes to 
> check how much their horse's mouths are wet, which means the horse is 
> accepting the bit and working with it, not clenching down on it.
>  
> chris
>
> Laurie Durgin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Course, there are other ways to teach collection. John Lyons teaches it to a 
> horse without all the tight reins and bit contact.....
>
> >
> "If I fill this moment with gratitude, the next moment can't help but bring 
> blessings."
>
>
> Chris and Star
>
> BayRab Acres
> http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

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