tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post4566574296818017455..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: "Gee, thanks": Gifts for equestrian frenemies IIStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-76543364534416406652010-12-21T07:50:45.900-05:002010-12-21T07:50:45.900-05:00These are a fabulous idea and all my horses go wel...These are a fabulous idea and all my horses go well with them! If I need that little bit more I will pick up a stick to re-inforce the "Go". Otherwise I need just the finesse of this spur to get the lateral work, forwardness with a calmer horse. Not every horse goes in the same bit, not every horse responds the same to spurs. It is a tool to add to your toolbag.Summertimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651510637420049726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-12038332184860592672010-12-01T14:54:35.144-05:002010-12-01T14:54:35.144-05:00I don't have a clue why the spur is any differ...I don't have a clue why the spur is any different, and because I don't have a horse or ride a horse, you don't need to educate me but I do like your idea of giving gifts to frenemies. And it seems to me people who have horses are no different than people who have small children.Jenhttp://www.redheadranting.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-8981162878636422192010-12-01T00:27:54.991-05:002010-12-01T00:27:54.991-05:00As I'm working more on lateral work, I've ...As I'm working more on lateral work, I've considered re-adding spurs. Whenever I do, we will have to have some training sessions focused on responding to spurs. The current reaction from my horse is upward regardless of how the spurs are used. (A clinician recently got on my horse while wearing spurs. After the first try, she didn't touch him with them again, as it was easier thanNethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817230186352688525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-13976122691483737942010-11-30T21:06:09.660-05:002010-11-30T21:06:09.660-05:00Spurs are required at the upper levels. They real...Spurs are required at the upper levels. They really do help refine an aid and can put the aid on at a very specific point. <br /><br />They are also a help with a rider whose leg doesn't fit the horse well, allowing a cue without a lot of leg movement to reach the horse. <br /><br />Used badly, they can, of course, injure a horse. They can also make a horse even more dull to the aids, just Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-16658021821004773142010-11-30T17:54:17.195-05:002010-11-30T17:54:17.195-05:00I've found myself watching at shows and fantas...I've found myself watching at shows and fantasizing about spurs that deliver an electric shock - to the rider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-60252546028209636972010-11-30T15:54:46.597-05:002010-11-30T15:54:46.597-05:00I love these:) Awesome idea.
@Sarah...I comple...I love these:) Awesome idea. <br /><br />@Sarah...I completely agree with you on the whip/spurs discussion. I have ridden for 7 years, collectively, and have never worn a pair of spurs. I use a dressage whip as an extension of my legs...as I have very short ones:) (I'm 5'4")<br /><br />I'm sure one of these days I will need to wear them...but until then - the whip works just Heather in FLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-76094465109907365542010-11-30T15:45:48.425-05:002010-11-30T15:45:48.425-05:00I'm not big on spurs unless you're an uppe...I'm not big on spurs unless you're an upper level rider -- have always heard their a refining aid not a forward aid. Use sparingly? <br /><br />I think judicious, well-timed use of a whip can work really well.Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-53547000600313007192010-11-30T15:43:22.919-05:002010-11-30T15:43:22.919-05:00I saw this in the tack shop and thought it was coo...I saw this in the tack shop and thought it was cool, which horrified the girl working there. Yes they are kinda silly/dorky, but I thought that, potentially, the metal of the spur could help deliver a clearer, more specific aid without any sharpness. Even though I consider my lower leg "educated" I still sometimes feel bad about wearing spurs. <br /><br />Which reminds me: I think it&#Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282850801765513116noreply@blogger.com