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12-09-2014, 09:19 AM
This not my usual driving halter. I usually use one size smaller so that it sits in a better spot on his nose. But when I tried to put his driving halter on, it wouldn't fit! I think all the winter hair has made his head too big.
Even the smaller halter doesn't fit the way I want it to, though. I've got a miniature horse halter that fits Cuzco and I'm going to see if I can modify it to be more like the Dr. Cook's bitless bridle. Even those have their disadvantages though. No matter how well a bitless bridle fits, it still tends to rub hair off the nose from the side-to-side action any time you use the reins, especially if it's made of nylon. Padding helps, but then you lose some of the communication and you're back to pulling again.
Cuzco is really good at yielding to pressure--when he feels like it. He knows exactly what I want. It's just a matter of whether he's going to obey or not. Usually it seems that the best thing to do is to make him keep going past the driveway entrance a few times until he starts to realize that running isn't going to take him home faster, and that the sooner he obeys, the sooner he gets to start for home.
Even the smaller halter doesn't fit the way I want it to, though. I've got a miniature horse halter that fits Cuzco and I'm going to see if I can modify it to be more like the Dr. Cook's bitless bridle. Even those have their disadvantages though. No matter how well a bitless bridle fits, it still tends to rub hair off the nose from the side-to-side action any time you use the reins, especially if it's made of nylon. Padding helps, but then you lose some of the communication and you're back to pulling again.
Cuzco is really good at yielding to pressure--when he feels like it. He knows exactly what I want. It's just a matter of whether he's going to obey or not. Usually it seems that the best thing to do is to make him keep going past the driveway entrance a few times until he starts to realize that running isn't going to take him home faster, and that the sooner he obeys, the sooner he gets to start for home.