Bitless Bridle Demo
at
Spring Willow Farm
Mendon, MA.
Cathie demonstrates how to fit Dr. Cooks Bitless Bridle to
Erin MacPhee on Simon -owned by Karen Laude.
Erin was already alternating between a bit and a rope
halter, with allot of work, love and patience she had
already made great strides with Simon. She was actually
delighted to find out he liked the bitless bridle better
than the rope halter for steering, brakes and reining back.
Erin stated that the rope halter had a bit too much play,
sliding on the face during turns.
 This
is Bucky, Cathie and Bucky share an incredible bond, maybe
it's because they both came to Massachusetts from
California. They are constant travel companions. Although
Bucky has passed from this life, he continues to help his
fellow horses by educating their owners about the damaging
effects of the bit. Actually seeing and touching the once
sensitive bars on Bucky's jaw makes a lasting impression on
horse owners.
No doubt Bucky is cantering on the streets gold in heaven -
pure gold is very
soft
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he
that sat upon him was called faithful and true,...........
Cathie explains how inserting a bit not only causes
unnecessary pain (extreme pain in the hands of a novice) but
interferes with a horse's ability to breath properly, since
the two pathways are anatomically separate except at the
throat as in all mammals. (That includes us humans!)
Blue indicates the respiratory pathway - breathing channel.
Green indicates the digestive pathway - eating channel.
That means that one function (Eating OR Breathing) has to
give priority to the other. If we are about to exercise, we
would NOT put something in our mouth! Yet most of us place
a bit in the horses mouth. This causes the eating reflex,
this tells the horses brain to eat, meanwhile that means he
has to narrow his breathing channel, just look at the
diagram. Now he no longer has a totally open airway from his
nose to his lungs, yet we are asking him to carry us, walk
trot canter with an obstructed airway. I would call that
unnecessary cruelty, even if we never touch the bit.
Defined in New World Dictionary Of American English
Willful infliction physical pain or suffering upon a person
or animal, or mental distress upon a person (I'm pretty sure
a horse has mental distress too, if an airway is obstructed,
there has to be distress.)
I'm so happy horses are such forgiving creatures, as I used
bits and was cruel to many a horse. I wish I had known about
the inside of a horses mouth a long time ago.
To learn more, go to
Dr
Cooks web site and order a copy of "Metal In The Mouth"
Thank You!
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