*The biggest excuse for putting a Bit on a Horse is to control it.

I read the purpose of the Bit is to "steer" it. A Horse does not
need to be "steered"; a Horse only has to be "told" in some form of
communication "what to do".

A Horse is a humble "servant" waiting for instructions from rider.

A Horse is an obliging creature by Nature; a Horse need only a click
here and whoa there if trained correctly from Birth.

A Horse can be trained just as well as a Dog or Cat etc. can. Anne.--
- In bitlessbridle@yahoogroups.com, "Anne" <wahpoose2003@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael:
>
> Well you gave me the answer I was looking for...the Bit for a
Horse;
> actually a Bit is a "Bite(of metal)" and it all happened due to
Men
> and Women of Old trying to put a Ring in a Horse's nostrils.
>
> Well I'll be a blue nosed gopher! Thanks for "enlightening me".
>
> So due to I peruse many Horse Forums and how I read of many sick
and
> or lame Horses I can only conlude this:
>
> "No wonder so many Horses are "not well"; as Due to the "toxic
> nature of natural elements(Metals); and due to the Horse
> being "forced" to wear this Metal as a Bit; ingesting all that
metal
> in the Saliva; coupled with metal horse-shoes and nails...Ye
Gads!!!-
> - In bitlessbridle@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <equiforme@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Anne,
> >
> > Thanks for the comments on my new website, even though it is not
> yet
> > finished!
> >
> > The bit came about by man's desire to control the horse. The
first
> > attempt was to put a ring through the horse's nose. The septum
> would
> > tear and scar, and eventually, the control aspect became a
little
> > less effective. People tried to find another sensitive place
and
> so
> > devised the metal in the mouth.
> >
> > This worked well for humans. Out of sight, out of mind was
> > convenient. The damage to the horse is not as visually evident.
> Even
> > today, people who 'love' their horse tend to not see the look on
> the
> > horse's face, the eyes popping out or grimaces due to pain from
> the
> > bit.
> >
> > The mouth and tongue is mucous membrane. Getting 'use' to pain
> does
> > not apply here.
> >
> > The founders of the original haute ecole in France were the most
> > humane at the time, but still used the bit. Initiates to the
> school
> > were made to wear a bridle (made for a human head) with a bit.
> > Another student of the school would work the reins. No one would
> > forget the pain induced by the bit felt first-hand and that was
> their
> > lesson in regards to respecting the horse with one.
> >
> > The DVD mentioned previously covers the effects of the bit in
more
> > detail. I have a free sample download of an extract of the film
> > (although the bit section is not specifically covered in this
one)
> > You can view it by clicking here (or copy/paste the address):
> >
> > http://www.haute-ecole.ru/images/he/perst.html
> >
> >
> > Michael
> >
>