Recent content by Bellagate

Well said Jude, I'm fed up hearing this crap time and time again. Train the brain and keep gadgets away from horses, they don't need them !!!! Gadgets = incompetence !!!!

Christ you have a big chip on your shoulder - get over yourself!!!!!!

[ QUOTE ] Well that's a good point teddyt, try and google old articles about Anky etc., their 'top future hopes' now are... unheard of (ten years down the line). How is this possible? I really do think that for every Bonfire or Salinero still competing in their teens there will be dozens and...

Well said teddyt these riders ( and there are lots ) have no empathy with there horses at all, they are just another number to them. These so called sportsman have only got to the top through brut force and lots of gadgets!! I have had to go on you tube to see something nice after this...

Please tell me what colour you would go if your oxygen was cut off ? !!!!

Please tell me what colour you would go if your oxygen was cut off? !!!

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] (QR) I still fail to see how a tap with the whip is abuse. If a horse is out of line in the field the dominant horse will kick or bite it intending to hurt. We (I would hope) use a tap to shock as you would a smack to a small child so the unwanted...

[ QUOTE ] It's an interesting debate. For a horse to feel safe and secure with a rider/trainer, I think the rider has to be dominant. And clearly a human is not going to win in a kicking/biting match with up to 750kg of horseflesh. So, yes, I use a whip to reinforce my status, and to ensure...

[ QUOTE ] (QR) I still fail to see how a tap with the whip is abuse. If a horse is out of line in the field the dominant horse will kick or bite it intending to hurt. We (I would hope) use a tap to shock as you would a smack to a small child so the unwanted behaviour stops before it becomes a...

Lovely, Well said!! Obviously some people by the amount of posts just want to have a good argument, and not really interested in improving the welfare of horses, what a shame!!!!!!!

Try a cross under bitless bridle then you won't have to worry about hurting his mouth.

If your horse was trained enough in GO you wouldn't have a problem!

Home made cakes!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taking a step back isn't going to help the horse - this is the problem people are turning a blind eye to cruelty because they think it is the norm and people have been doing it like this for years. If medics thought like this our life expectancy would still be 30 years!!

Well said wizbit, so many people are on the defensive over this, is this because they are scared of change and don't think they will be able to control their horse without a whip, if this is so GIVE UP RIDING!!!. How many people would watch crufts and put up with seeing dogs being whipped...