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You can always ask for shipping quotes on U-ship! 🙂

Hi Rod!!! I emailed a different Rod and said hello to him, too. Oops…he’s in Vermont.

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I can’t comment on farrier/trimmer business but I know that the gold Listerine sprayed on the suspected thrush habitat will eliminate any chance of thrush….
My horse had a blow-out/abcess in his heel. 🙁 But it looked like a big gash in the bulb. Now I’m dealing with a growth which may or may not be proud flesh – biopsy in a week.

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I joined so I could reply to this. 🙂 I have former harness racers. My boy was so heavy on the bit, riding him, so I put a Dr.Cook’s bitless on him. He did great. I’ve heard one person say it works well on one horse but not on her other horse. She likes it but it’s different depending on the horse, as someone already said. Still, it’s nice to hear from someone who likes it, not just someone who tried it and says it’s no good because their horse doesn’t like it. (I’m rambling, huh?)
Anyway, if you picture the noseband with rings on the side, the reins go through the rings from the outside in, cross under the jaw, travel up the cheek and over the poll. One continuous piece. When you pull on the reins it applies pressure to the poll, the jaw, and, to a lessor degree, the nose. On the web site (which is great) they describe it as having a horse in a headlock. You want to take it easy, no doubt. Also, you pull on the left rein and there is pressure on the right side of the face. It takes some getting used to for the horse but being free’d up from having a bit in the mouth is a wonderful thing in many ways! I sort of alternate now – I did a few bitting sessions with him and he’s not pulling nearly as much!

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