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I have to wear spurs as if i didn't i would be going nowhere fast lol
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I school Bloss and Archie both in long dressage spurs. Its to get a quick reaction from the leg, and it refines the aids aswell. I hate seeing people constantly nagging at their horses all the time.

I wear spurs with rowels on to compete BD in.
 
i answered other to most of the questions. i use the "impuls" spurs. don't use them on all horses just some. some of them i only use them on flat, some jumping and some for everything! i use them to refine my aids, in helping teach things like turning off the leg(more as a reinforcement in that instance). i also use them to avoid constantly nagging a lazy horse and making it even deader to the leg.
 
I don't use spurs, simply because my horse doesn't need them and I doubt if my riding/knowledge is good enough to use them. I would (under instruction) use them if I needed to encourage quicker reactions of refine my aids. I have no problems with spurs...when used corectly anyway!
 
just to add to mine, that i compete in rowls as Bloss can be behind the leg and i get a better reaction in them, and Archie listens more to them. I dont school everyday in them tho because i see them as a 'little extra' to compete with.
 
I wear them when riding my mare, not because she is lazy but because I want an instant reaction. My lower leg is still and my spurs have rounded ends. She has a tendency to drop behind the leg or ignore my weak left leg so using spurs gives me a reaction when I want it. My heels drop past my horses side so the spur is only in contact when I need it.
 
Have just started riding the orange one in them on a certain hack where she's v v v nappy. Saves a major fight and ending up in a 6 foot drainage ditch...

Works wonders instead of being constant leg leg leg and exhausting myself!

Otherwise I don't bother at all.
 
I don't use spurs on any of my guys because they don't need them, however I have done in the past. I generally use them to refine my askings of the horse.

My daughter uses western ones - her one's are called "Motivators" LOL!! She is 10 and she uses them only when she is Team Penning on my horse as because her legs are so short compared to mine, she has trouble getting him to understand what she is asking of him.

I don't think spurs are cruel providing the rider understands their workings and is experienced enough to use them with care.
 
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I school ....in long dressage spurs. Its to get a quick reaction from the leg, and it refines the aids aswell. I hate seeing people constantly nagging at their horses all the time.


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I only use spurs for when my legs are weak..... having problematic legs, I do need them from time to time.. though i probably only used them about 3 times last year... if that!
 
I dont use spurs for 2 reasons...

1) my horse doesnt need them
2) i have never been shown how to use them...not so much i dont consider myself to be a good enough rider. My lower legs is farily secure most of the time but i wouldnt want to accidently hurt my horse

if i use them now i may forget i have them on, and if horse is being particularly nappy i might give him good boot.... then i would not have a happy horse and i would feel terrible

in answer to your next question i think on some horses they may lose there effectiveness like when horses learn to ignore your leg and in certain cases your crop
 
horses would only become 'dead' to spurs if they were used to 'nag'.
if they are refining an aid then the horse should (in theory) always be sharp to them.

at least - thats what i have found.
 
My horse has never become dead to them and I ride in them everyday, but I do have to raise my heal to use them. Just like the leg if they are constantly nagging then the horse will switch off. I personally dont like to use them on lazy horses as I think the horse should be infront of the leg before spurs are used.
 
i always ride with spurs even just hacking. If I ask something of the horse I want it to happen there & then not half an hour later especially when there is a 40ton wagon coming towards me on a narrow country lane. They should't lose ther effectiveness if ridden in correctly. I ride about half my horses in them that don't require them but I have them there should I require it. Always better to have some thing & not need it rather than need it & not have it. I only use them as & when required & I have a strong independant lower leg that I don't accidently catch my horse with them. I only have to press my calf on the horses to get them to move awway from my leg so usually don't have ot engage the spurs. Occasionally I have jumped on without them on & the horses know straight away & will lean on my legs!
 
Stopped using spurs on Oshk ages ago, but use them on Eric and some of the others down at beks because they are lazy. I have no problem with spurs being used, no matter what type, length or makings, as long as the person using them knows what they are doing.
 
most people i see wearing spurs clearly either cant use their legs properly or havent trained their horse to be suffiently respectful of the aids. I use them xc because i consider that with a solid fence approaching i need to be sure the horse responds if it starts being a bit chicken. But i broke one leg really badly several years ago and do not have the control i once did over that leg so now that is the only time i do until i have trained the horse to a stage where i neeed to refine the aid. When ridng dressage at that level often a longer spur is required to ensure you just touch the horse particularly if you ride long or are tall on a shorter horse.
 
Don't use spurs. I guess dummy spurs don't count as they are just the band not actually spurs.
I don't think I am a good enough rider.
If I did use spurs it would only be the little rounded ones, and would use them if and when a horse needed them, for what ever.
 
It depends what horse I am riding, but mainly use them at competitions as Honey can drop off the leg but does need lot more schooling at home to sharpen her up to the leg.
 
I have a secure lower leg but after 3 years not riding it is very weak so I wear spurs to back up my leg whenever I ride. Round ended medium shaft ones, and impulse ones for jumping (I think they are great)

I dont think they should be used at all by novice riders - they should only be used when everything ekse is in place (seat/leg/contact/tack) correctly first, to back up cprrect riding not to make up for bad.
 
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