Today I want to talk about mounting blocks. I think some of what I am about to say will make some people bristle because the bottom line is that I hate mounting blocks. I really hate them.
I got an email asking for my opinion on the use of nosebands when working with horses. This prompted me to dig out a post from a few years ago that I wrote on the use of gadgets.
It’s not always obvious which is better because sometimes gear that seems to be a better alternative does in fact impose more limitations on a horse’s choices than gear that might seem a harsher choice at first.
A bit is just a transducer – nothing more. That is, it transfers a signal from the rein (pressure) to the mouth, which becomes an electrical message to the brain to perform some type of action.
