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Post by snigsby on Apr 12, 2019 9:42:22 GMT
What do you think is the kindest,softest part of the head to use pressure on? (given that none of us, realistically, is going to hack out with just a neck rope).
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Post by kas on Apr 14, 2019 8:11:14 GMT
I think probably the nose, as long as the pressure isn't down on the soft tip of the bone. Surprising as well that sometimes horses that are leaning on a bit will respond differently when the pressure is on a different place and stop pushing into the hand.
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Post by nicxf on May 10, 2019 6:13:50 GMT
I think probably the nose, as long as the pressure isn't down on the soft tip of the bone. Surprising as well that sometimes horses that are leaning on a bit will respond differently when the pressure is on a different place and stop pushing into the hand. Yes, that's what I found with the riding school pony I shared for a few months last year. In a bit he was terrible and leaned, and ignored any subtlety, in the flower hackamore (admittedly after I'd let him trip up in trot a few times by giving him nothing to lean *on*) he was, I felt, far more responsive to a gentle ask. He'd got so used to having his face hauled around in a bit that removing it, and riding more softly, changed his expectation, I felt. |
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Post by kas on May 10, 2019 8:31:04 GMT
Well, to learn about the hackamore there is a post on my FB page where you can join and get a free course from Jeff Sanders.
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Post by staylor4086 on Apr 6, 2024 22:10:06 GMT
What do you think is the kindest,softest part of the head to use pressure on? (given that none of us, realistically, is going to hack out with just a neck rope). Mouth and Nose someone else touched on riding school ponies do end up with a very unsensitive mouth for odviously reasons. |
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