--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But its not good to be nasty because then you lose an opportunity to attract bees with honey and not vinegar. and then also I notice: sometimes when people start arguing the whole point gets lost behind the argument!
-----------------EXACTLY! If you alienate someone by being rude, sarcastic and undermining, then there's VERY LITTLE chance you will ever get through to them. Just like ripping on a particular person instead of focusing on explaining WHAT they are doing wrong and how it affects the horse. When you rip on a particular person, you are absolutely guaranteeing yourself that you will never reach him or her. It's not productive for anyone's cause, especially the horse's. > Does anybody on here think dropped, tight nosebands are a good thing?? if so, state your case so i can argue with you sensibly :) > Janice -----------------Now that's a good question Janice :-). I personally don't ride in one. I can't answer if they are good, bad right or wrong. But I can tell you that it prevented Osp from clearly telling me that she wasn't comfortable in the single joint snaffle bit that we initially rode her in. We now ride in either a mild ported barrel kimberwick or a sidepull, neither with a noseband (unless you call the sidepull a noseband). How's that for an argument :-)~ Dawn Bruin-Slot, northern Michigan Fuzzy Logic Equine
