Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-20 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/7/20 Judi Qualls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Finally here a couple of pictures of my tack building. It is nothing fancy > but has been such a wonderful thing. I did not realize I had so much stuff > as it was scattered everywhere. That looks excellent! We have a tiny little 'shed' that we use

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-18 Thread Nancy Sturm
SO i think if a horse is ridden in a severe bit/noseband for years, they have to be almost like > "rehabbed" to a milder bit. In a small enclosed area. Absolutely! For heavens sake don't just put any new bit in a horse's mouth and ride him away. A lot of us who do endurance or limited distan

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-18 Thread Janice McDonald
i just want to say... i know some would disagree... but I saw a horrible train wreck resulting in broken bones one time when someone took a 12 yo walking horse ridden all its life in a severe long shanked bit and put it in a snaffle. Also, my friend delores rides her paso mare in the spoon bit sh

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-18 Thread Janice McDonald
> > Thanks for being so kind to forgive my craziness. Must be old age. > > Judi > waitwait. lemme guess. I bet you happen to be very creative. right?? Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-18 Thread Skise
Judi Qualls [EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti: > I have a french link snaffle bit and I am going to try this on my horse > without the noseband at all and see how he responds. He is quite the > trickster and he will probably get the whole bridle off. If it doesn't work without noseband you can try

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-17 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/7/17 Judi Qualls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry to be so long in answering. Yes, lets start over. I an even too old > to blame what I did on PMS, so I am not sure what was wrong with me. Well, I guess you've found your tribe... >My husband built me this really cool tack building just inside

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-17 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> Thanks for being so kind to forgive my craziness. Must be old age. If that's the case, then welcome to our club. ;) Karen Thomas, NC

Re: [IceHorses] Bit Fitting

2008-07-17 Thread Judi Qualls
Hi, Sorry to be so long in answering. Yes, lets start over. I an even too old to blame what I did on PMS, so I am not sure what was wrong with me. I love reading here and will also try to post when I can. I work as a medical transcriptionist so I am on the computer all day and when I get fi