Re: [IceHorses] The Path to No Pain

2007-06-30 Thread Janice McDonald
i was "with" my horses today for a long time in a close area. I got caught in a rainstorm (yay!) and sat with them under the pole barn. Traveller was mean to stonewall and ran him out into the rain and stonewall backed up to kick him good just as traveller bent to scratch a bug bite on his rear le

Re: [IceHorses] The Path to No Pain

2007-06-30 Thread pyramid
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 02:09:04PM -0700, Judy Ryder wrote: > > I think first we have to recognize what kinds of common practices > > actually cause our horses pain. > [] > If you pick up a piece of tack, before it's employed, understand the > biomechanics behind it. i think that understandi

Re: [IceHorses] The Path to No Pain

2007-06-29 Thread Judy Ryder
> When I went up to watch Leslie Desmond, I saw the most intereting > thing. She bridled this horse really loose. I mean really loose, > like the bit was hanging down between his teeth, I was kind of > nervous that the bit could actually come out of his mouth. Nobody > was on his back. What happen