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Tent Pegging perfromed bitless for first time in history

Started this discussion. Last reply by Zoe Brooks Oct 10, 2010. 2 Replies

OEF supports horse slaughter. Do you?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Catherin McMillan Aug 11, 2009. 59 Replies

Good news for Bitless Bridle fans!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Diana Sep 3, 2008. 6 Replies

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Zoe Brooks replied to Zoe Brooks's discussion Tent Pegging perfromed bitless for first time in history
"Thanks!! I posted the video here this morning. Sixteen days of 11-14 hours per day and the most excitement and coolest people from all over the world. What an amazing adventure! Cheers! Zoe"
Oct 10, 2010
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Oct 10, 2010
Barnmice Admin replied to Zoe Brooks's discussion Tent Pegging perfromed bitless for first time in history
"Lol, won't kill you Zoe! Why not post the video here for all to see! :)"
Oct 9, 2010
Zoe Brooks posted a discussion

Tent Pegging perfromed bitless for first time in history

Isn't this cool!  For the first time in history, the ancient sport of tent pegging was performed  at WEG by the team from India in the Nurtural Bridle from Northern Ontario!  (Please gon't kill me for 'advertising' - I thought you would like to see this first ever event!  The sport is fast and furious, andf the horse went bitless only 2 days before due to an injury) The video is posted at my FaceBook page …See More
Oct 9, 2010
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Catherin McMillan replied to Zoe Brooks's discussion OEF supports horse slaughter. Do you?
"I agree that this is a subject that definately has fores and againsts. but I do think that as this is a practice that is going to continue due the the amount (sadly) of unwanted horses out there. that they should make the journey to the end as safe…"
Aug 11, 2009
Gail Morse replied to Zoe Brooks's discussion OEF supports horse slaughter. Do you?
"I will wait to get my copy in the mail but sure sounds strange to me. Gail."
Aug 11, 2009
Zoe Brooks replied to Zoe Brooks's discussion OEF supports horse slaughter. Do you?
"I agree about making it more humane, and that I cound NEVER do that to a horse. I still think they should do something to warn people at auctions that their horse has a >50% chance of ending up at slaughter. People should at least be aware.…"
Aug 11, 2009

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A Bit About Me and my Horse(s)
I am a horse lover. I live at Guys' Acres, in Worthington, a tiny part of the City of Greater Sudbury in Northern Ontario, Canada. I designed the, Nurtural Bitless Bridle, with the help of my husband Gerry and son Eric (both very natural horsemen) and our many horses.

Although we visited farms as children and share a love of nature, neither Gerry or I had owned horses before we bought a 500 acre farm in 1997. Like so many first time horse owners, we listened to everyone's wise advice to get older horses and professional help ... and then went out and bought beautiful young horses to grow up with and love. We've never looked back!

Thanks to natural horsemanship, we have come to develop the relationships we dreamed of with our horses. We created the Nurtural Bitless bridle to achieve better harmony. We delight in training young horses. One day, I aspire to dance with my horse in dressage .. or maybe reining!

One day, within the forseeable future, we believe that bitless bridles will become the norm!
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Canada
Website:
http://www.nurturalhorse.com
Do you have any pets?
15 horses - mostly Canadians; a border collie; an Egyptian Mew; many friendly barn cats
Topics of Interest
Dressage, Reining, Driving, Endurance, Western Riding, General Riding

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At 3:08pm on July 3, 2009, Coopersmom_1958 said…
Hi Zoe
Soon I will trying out the bridle I bought on my Cooper. I have some pics of him with it on in my photos. I want to try lunging him with it on, read the directions but haven't tried it yet. I don't know if the lunge line will fit into the circles on it? I have a hard time getting a lunge line onto a regular halter, so most times I just use the natural horsemanship rope halter. Lots of time to try anyway, I don't plan on riding him at least for another year, thinking of waiting until he is 4 and filled out some more.
At 7:52am on August 11, 2008, Zoe Brooks said…
Thank you so much for your message.

What he says there is just plain untrue. I presented a rebuttal at http://www.nurturalhorse.com/Nurtural_Bitless_vs_Dr.Cook_Bitless.html You will see the many crossunder patented bridles that preceed his patent. It appears that the man wants to stop progress in this wonderful bitless revolution - and that's just not right.

I spoke often with Dr. Cook and symathized with him over the many people who produced copies of his bridle. Mine is not a copy. I tried to work with him to find a win-win and promote bitless together. Instead he makes untrue statements about my bridle.

The wild mustang trainers recently commented "We have used and fully evaluted both sets of bitless. We do prefer the Nurtural for the Mustangs because they are so sensitive. Using the Nurtural lets the rider use really light hands. With the Dr. Cook we have found that the bitless needs a little more pressure. We really like they way the straps do not twist or pinch when the reins are pulled with the Nurtural. The whole "Nurtural" bitless is more stable."

So I understand when you see his postings and believe "the good doctor." Unfortunately, cold, hard, public irrefutable facts prove him wrong. It would be so much better if he would work for the betterment of the horse in general and support bitless horse associations as I do.

Thanks again for taking the time to write. Makes me feel much better!!

Zoe
 
 
 

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