Comments - BEST OF WILLIAM MICKLEM - 2 - A good idea has to give way to a better idea. - Barnmice Equestrian Social Community2024-03-29T11:20:00Zhttp://www.barnmice.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1773158%3ABlogPost%3A176589&xn_auth=noHi...yes it is difficult to b…tag:www.barnmice.com,2010-01-06:1773158:Comment:1837052010-01-06T08:59:31.173ZWilliam Micklemhttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/williammicklem
Hi...yes it is difficult to be 100% sure which is why I normally say 'may'cause numbness....the evidence I have is based on my own horses and my student's horses and using the bridle for 14 years, as well as on the opinion of my veterinary consultant Maureen Prendagast MRCVS who used to be a senior lecturer at the Dublin Veterinary College. When you eliminate sweat as a cause of rubbing there is no doubt in my experience that the rubbing described is largely eliminated unless it has become…
Hi...yes it is difficult to be 100% sure which is why I normally say 'may'cause numbness....the evidence I have is based on my own horses and my student's horses and using the bridle for 14 years, as well as on the opinion of my veterinary consultant Maureen Prendagast MRCVS who used to be a senior lecturer at the Dublin Veterinary College. When you eliminate sweat as a cause of rubbing there is no doubt in my experience that the rubbing described is largely eliminated unless it has become habitual. It is also easy to do a pin test before and after riding with cranked up nosebands to show the numbness created in the area below the noseband. Now that people are having so much success with the bridle it is going to be possible to do further research into it's effect and I will certainly keep you informed. Thank you for your intelligent response. William Hi - I agree with much of wha…tag:www.barnmice.com,2010-01-06:1773158:Comment:1837002010-01-06T05:04:39.535ZAnsiosohttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/Ansioso
Hi - I agree with much of what you have written here! In fact I really enjoy your writing (have only just come across your blog yesterday).<br />
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I wanted to query one thing, though. You state that "Pressure on these nerves may cause numbness, which is why so many horses rub their noses on their fore legs after work", which seems a bit unsubstantiated. Don't you think there could be many other things that cause them to rub their noses on their legs? How do you know that it's the numbness (if their…
Hi - I agree with much of what you have written here! In fact I really enjoy your writing (have only just come across your blog yesterday).<br />
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I wanted to query one thing, though. You state that "Pressure on these nerves may cause numbness, which is why so many horses rub their noses on their fore legs after work", which seems a bit unsubstantiated. Don't you think there could be many other things that cause them to rub their noses on their legs? How do you know that it's the numbness (if their noses are in fact numb)?<br />
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I decided to check this on the horses at work today, as they are all ridden without nosebands (racehorses in pre-training), and therefore have nothing pressing on their nerve which may cause numbness. Yet they rub their noses just the same after exercise. So, I don't think your statement about this is correct - their is obviously something else involved. I'm not trying to be picky, but the apparent inaccuracy of this has been bothering me and I wanted to see if you had any other answers!