Pain Free Riding
Pain Sources [Dove origina il dolore]
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"Fear of the Bit" by R. Cook - HTML rendering
Gnus and horses: Free Circulation of Knowledge
A letter from J. Jackson: About a Soundness Scale
1. The feet.
Everything about horse movement depends from hooves health - and the
horse needs movement to live. After domestication the hooves health
depends on our care. Shoeing can no
more be considered an effective method of hoof care.12. The mouth and the muzzle
They are the most sensitive areas of the horse body, so they are used to communicate by reins.
The problem is that all bitted bridles, and many without a bit too, are painful, since they are planned to communicate by pain.
3. The back. The horse can bear the weight of a man, but we have to realize that such a performance is a critical one, near the limits of the horse physiological abilities and unexpected by evolution. You can easily overstep those limits, and cause pain.
4. The whole body. One can pain an horse by purpose, both on grounds (thrashing it: please leave now this website if you do) and riding (badly using the whip or the spurs). This website does not cover these topics.