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Location: Oregon | A one eared bridle?
Just curious because I switched my gelding from his normal bit to an s-hack the last playday we went to and it was on a one eared bridle like I had been riding him in.
Previous to this I had ridden in a bridle with a browband.
Now after this playday which he did way better at with the s-hack, I rode him at home with it but switched it to a browband bridle, and he was acting like an a$$ .. completely not listening at all...
So any way just curious your thoughts! Thanks in advance!!
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Location: SE KS | I have ridden my horses in either & never had any problems with the way the responded.
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Location: Kansas | All I ride in are one ears, and sometimes no ears LOL. Never had any issues, I actually do not like browband headstalls. |
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| Honestly - you might have a couple of things going on ... look where the one ear rests on the side of his face vs. where the brow band is sitting. If you get them too low or high, it might be an issue or feel super uncomfy to him :)
My horses run in whatever I throw on their heads in reference to bridles - no issues - one ear, brow band, no ears, with/without throat latches. It just depends on what bridle is on the bit I am wanting to use. I expect them to perform well in whatever the bridle happens to be. |
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| Sounds like he was just being as @$$
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| I have a mare that hates a one ear headstall. She will shake her head and is constantly flicking her ear. Not a big deal to me, I just ride her in a bridle with a brow band and throatlatch. Would I expect her to perform and behave if she had a one ear headstall on? Absolutely. But I'd rather her be comfortable. |
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Location: North Dakota | I have two horses that cannot stand one-eared headstalls. Well one just shakes her head and always acts like it is bothering her ear but the other pretty much shuts down. She cannot think about anything but that one-ear. She tilts her head, freezes up and acts like she is going to blow up. It is just a weird quirk of hers. No biggie though I just don't ride either of them with a one-ear. |
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Location: Deep South | I'm a big believer in picking your battles. Whether it be horses, husbands, or kids.....
Making the horse behave in a one-eared headstall is not at the top of my priority list. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Jenbabe - 2014-05-30 8:50 AM
I have a mare that hates a one ear headstall. She will shake her head and is constantly flicking her ear. Not a big deal to me, I just ride her in a bridle with a brow band and throatlatch. Would I expect her to perform and behave if she had a one ear headstall on? Absolutely. But I'd rather her be comfortable.
My mare is the exact same way. Luckily, my one eared bridles ear piece can slide off. With it on, she is constantly shaking her head and flicking her ears around. Its unomfortable to her. So why make her agitated? Take off the earpiece and have a horse whose happy to work. |
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Location: Alberta | I had a gelding that didn't like the one ear headstalls, he would just hold his ear and head at an angle. He would still work fine but he would always return his head to one position when I gave him his head. I just used brow band headstalls or I would just take the ear piece off of the bridle. |
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| If you had worked him in it before and swapped out and going back to it you are having issues...this makes me wonder.
Look at where the two bridles sit, do the one ear buckles sit more on top if his tmj? May be out. Or if they apply pressure to different spots he may have a teeth or poll issue going on.
I would ride him in it several times to confirm he wasn't just being a butt first, but there may be something going on if he was fine in it before. If only our horses could say "ow that hurts" and point to the spot... |
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