Hello horse lovers!!
Hope everyone is a having a fantastic week, it wednesday! We are almost there!
So I've been running out of things to talk to you about, so I've been brain storming and i want to talk to you about the gag bit.
Obviously there are many types of harsh bits and many opinions about what is appropriate and what is not. We all have heard those horrid dressage stories about rides who have used extreme chains and gags on their horses instead of properly training them.
Well i can't talk to you guys too much about those bits because i have never been on a dressage horse and have no experience. But i do have experience riding hunter/jumpers and have seen the horrid use of those bits. Now we all have different training methods and different expectations on what bits that we feel we can use.
I want to bring two bits to your attention and i want to give my opinion and then let you guys tell me what you think. So the two bits that come into my mind are the gag and pelum.
Lets talk about the gag bit. Now i have mostly rode hunters and for those of you who know gags are not allowed in the hunter ring. So i have only done minor training rides with a gag and with my experience i do not like them, but I'm not saying they do not have a place. I think the reason i disagree with them. The only reason i do not like them is because i feel as though people misuse this bit. I think it should only be a training bit and that is not what we use them for. Many trainers/riders have used this bit 24/7 in which case i feel that this does not teach the horse anything.
That's just my opinion I know everyone has their own !!
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