Gentle Controll Hack

S_Toast · 10-29-2009, 10:32 AM

Has anyone tried it? It's supposed to use pressure points to gently teach horses to neck reign. I have an ex racer and he runs through every bit I've got for him. I hate to use really sever bits anyway so I tried this and he's got power breaks now. We're still working on the reigning.

meljean · 10-29-2009, 10:46 PM

Can you put a picture so can see what talking about? Think I know, but would like to see if I am right.

But what I am thinking of I can't see it being used to teach neck reining, at least not how I am picturing it.

So a picture would help.

tlwidener · 10-29-2009, 10:55 PM

That doesn't look very gentle. Doesn't it have a metal plate under the jaw, kind of like an easy stop? I don't see how it would teach a horse to neck rein, especially in 15 minutes or less like the website claims.
http://www.gentlecontrol.com/howitworks.html

theloneappy · 10-30-2009, 05:26 AM

It has a metal plate... Every picture you can see it on ALL the versions -

All those pictures are just the thumbnails off their order page...http://shop.gentlecontrol.com/main.sc

tlwidener · 10-30-2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by theloneappy

It has a metal plate... Every picture you can see it on ALL the versions -

All those pictures are just the thumbnails off their order page...http://shop.gentlecontrol.com/main.sc

Well, then I wouldn't even consider putting this on any horse. There is definitely bone crushing possibilities with a metal plate.

It would be much better to go back to step one and start over with a sidepull or a snaffle and LOTS of ground work. Teach the horse to give before you ever get it on it. I'd try bitting it up in a roundpen (loosely.) Let the horse figure out where the release is.

That thing "gentle control" is junk, IMO.

farmeress · 10-30-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tlwidener

That thing "gentle control" is junk, IMO.

Oh no...it is all about the gentle control.....because...if a rider were to use more than gentle control for a stop...he just may find his horse sitting in his lap from the pull back

Gads....a metal nose band...what will they think is fluff next?

10-29-2009, 10:32 AM	#1
S_Toast Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5	Gentle Controll Hack Has anyone tried it? It's supposed to use pressure points to gently teach horses to neck reign. I have an ex racer and he runs through every bit I've got for him. I hate to use really sever bits anyway so I tried this and he's got power breaks now. We're still working on the reigning.

10-29-2009, 10:46 PM	#2
meljean Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NW MO Posts: 1,017	Can you put a picture so can see what talking about? Think I know, but would like to see if I am right. But what I am thinking of I can't see it being used to teach neck reining, at least not how I am picturing it. So a picture would help. __________________ "If you listen to the horse, the horse will tell you what it wants to be." Dale Pugh "You can undo in five seconds, the training it took you five years to accomplish." Wyman E. Bennett

10-29-2009, 10:55 PM	#3
tlwidener Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,768 Images: 146	That doesn't look very gentle. Doesn't it have a metal plate under the jaw, kind of like an easy stop? I don't see how it would teach a horse to neck rein, especially in 15 minutes or less like the website claims. http://www.gentlecontrol.com/howitworks.html __________________ Does this saddle make my butt look big? It's MINE! GIVE IT BACK NOW!!!

10-30-2009, 05:26 AM	#4
theloneappy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rural North Dakota Posts: 686 Images: 8	It has a metal plate... Every picture you can see it on ALL the versions - All those pictures are just the thumbnails off their order page...http://shop.gentlecontrol.com/main.sc __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! lbs Lost: 0

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